C Nicolas Deschamps, Free Agent, Signed $20,000, Toronto Blue Jays
Hometown: Quebec City, Que.
Bats/Throws: L-R
Height/Weight: 5’ 11” 190 lbs.
Team: TNXL Academy
Coach: Brian Martinez.
Previous Teams: Florida Hurricanes, Academy Baseball Canada, Monarques de Levis (midget AAA), Phoenix Quebec-Nord (peewee and bantam).
Previous Coaches: Robert Fatal (two seasons), Jean-Philippe Roy (peewee, bantam and midget).
Good genes? “Mom, Sonia, played softball and my dad, Francois, played hockey.”
The most influential person in my baseball life: “Russell Martin, Canada’s greatest catcher, because he was a great Canadian catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Scout: Jasmin Roy (St-Eustache, Que.)
2021 season with TNXL Level _ Batted.307 with three doubles, two triples and five home runs, while stealing 10 bases ... Against IMG in doubleheader, Deschamps doubled knocking in two runs and singled in the opener ... Reached five times in the nitecap with two singles, a double and a home run, knocking in four runs.
2020 season with the Florida Hurricanes 2021 _ Doubled, singled drove in two runs for Hurricanes 2021 Platinum in a 6-2 loss to Ostingers Academy 2022 in the WWBA Florida Qualifier ... Doubled for Hurricanes in a 12-2 win over Scorpions 2021 Honor the Game in the qualifier.
2019 season for ABC _ Doubled in a pair of runs for ABC in a 4-2 loss to Action Baseball 16U Kent ... Playing third base, he singled and drove in two runs in a 5-0 win over Virginia Venom 16U ... Doubled, homered in an 8-1 ABC win against Power Baseball 2021 Gold.
2018 season for ABC _ Gained all-tournament honors with ABC at World Wood Bat 2021 Grads/16U national championship batting .600 (3-for-5) with a homer, 11 RBIs and five walks. He had a 2.392 OPS in 15 at-bats ... Singled for ABC in a 5-2 loss to East Coast Lumberjacks 2020s.
Honours 2021 season _ Perfect Game pre-season All-American and All-Region Team honourable mention for Florida region ... 2019 season _ Earned all-tournament honors with ABC at World Wood Bat 2021 Grads or 16U national championship ... 2018 season _ Won Perfect Game 16U invitational at University of Texas-Arlington.