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Best for 2017: Hall, Davis, Leach, Collymore, Skirrow

SS Adam Hall is interviewed by Sportsnet's Hazey Mae after the Canadian Junior National Team played the Toronto Blue Jays at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin. 

By Bob Elliott
Canadian Baseball Network

SS Adam Hall continued to impress evaluators.

Hall (London, Ont.) was one of the must-see players at the National Showcase at Jet Blue Park-Stadium in Fort Myers, Fla. as scouts began preparing for the 2017 draft.

The Great Lake Canadians and Canadian National Junior Team member ran a 6.29 60-yard dash (fifth best), showed one of the strongest arms and had one of the top exit velocities at the bat.  

Besides Hall, who played for Texas Orange, three other Canadians were in Fort Myers: OF Cooper Davis    (Mississauga, Ont.) and OF Rashad Collymore (Mississauga, Ont.) of the Ontario Blue Jays were with the Royals.    

RHP Noah Skirrow (Stoney Creek, Ont.) of the Ontario Blue Jays was with the Reds.  

National Top Exit Velos
Name Exit Velo Grad School Hometown

1, Ethan Gallagher 104 2017 Mount Saint Joseph Catonsville, MD
30. Adam Hall 93 2017 AB Lucas Secondary London, ON
42. Rashad Collymore 92 2017 Cawthra Park SS Mississauga, ON

Top Inf Velo’s
Name IF Grad School Hometown

1. Ricardo De La Torre 94 2017 Puerto Rico BB Acad. Juana Diaz, PR
41, Adam Hall 88 2017 AB Lucas Secondary London, ON

Top OF Velo’s
Name OF Grad School Hometown

1. Jordon Adell 97 2017 Ballard Louisville, KY
50. Rashad Collymore 88 2017 Cawthra Park SS Mississauga, ON

National top 60’s
Name 60 Grad School Hometown

1. Quentin Holmes 6.15 2017 Monsignor McClancy Memorial East Elmhurst, NY
5. Adam Hall 6.29 2017 AB Lucas Secondary London, ON
23, Rashad Collymore 6.52 2017 Cawthra Park SS Mississauga, ON
25. Cooper Davis 6.53 2017 St. Aloysius Gonzaga Mississauga, ON

Top 10 yard splits
Name 10 Grad School Hometown

1. Cole Brannen 1.37 2017 The Westfield Schools Elko, GA
4. Rashad Collymore 1.40 2017 Cawthra Park SS Mississauga, ON
6, Cooper Davis 1.42 2017 St. Aloysius Gonzaga Mississauga, ON
11, Adam Hall 1.45 2017 AB Lucas Secondary London, ON

Scouting Blogs
Group 3 BP Standouts
Jheremy Brown

Rashad Collymore is a young and physically gifted switch-hitting prospect from Canada who showed both bat speed and strength from either side of the plate with better leverage coming at the point of contact from the left side.

Adam Hall, another young prospect from Canada, put together an extremely loud day one and continued to impress with the bat after running and throwing very well. From the right side the Texas A&M commit did a nice job of incorporating his lower half and explosive hands into his swing, consistently driving balls off the Green Monster in left field.

Texas Orange vs. White Game Highlights
Jheremy Brown
Adam Hall (2017 SS, London, ON) made the trip down from Canada and has continued to impress all around. A righthanded bat, the Texas A&M was able to show off the hit tool and his speed in a single swing as he lined a ball down the right field line and raced into second base for a standup double.

9-Royal vs 11-Vegas Gold
Matt Czechanski

Rashad Collymore (2017 OF, Mississauga, ON)-Showed quick twitch in his swing with good bat speed to lace a double to the left-centerfield gap.

9-Royal vs 10-Texas Orange
Matt Czechanski

Adam Hall (2017 SS, London, ON)-The Texas A&M commit followed up a loud BP with a hard single through the right side in game. Bat speed and intent are impressive. 

Navy vs. Red Game Highlights

By Jheremy Brown
Noah Skirrow (2017 RHP, Stoney Creek, ON), an uncommitted righthander out of Canada worked in the 86-89 mph range, bumping a 90 over his two innings of work. In addition to the fastball, Skirrow was able to miss barrels with his changeup in the low-80s featuring late fading life away from lefthanded hitters.

Updated Perfect Game ratings
(Top 500 high schoolers) 

Rank in Canada Overall rank Name Ht Wt B/T School Location College commit Comment

1. 36 Adam Hall 6-0 170 R R AB Lucas Secondary London, ON Texas A&M Great Lake Canadians/Canadian Junior National Team Showed all 5 tools at PG National

2. 108 Cooper Davis 5-11 185 L R St. Aloysius Gonzaga Mississauga, ON Vanderbilt Ontario Blue Jays/Canadian Junior National Team Elite speed that plays and can hit!

3. 229 Landon Leach RHP-OF 6-4 205 R R Pickering, ON Toronto Mets/Canadian Junior National Team         

4. 247 Rashad Collymore 5-9 175 S L Cawthra Park SS Mississauga, ON  Ontario Blue Jays    

5. 317 Noah Skirrow 6-3 215 R R Cardinal Newman Secondary Stoney Creek, ON  Tristate Arsenal 17U Prime