Canucks excel at Area Code Games

By David Rawnsley
Perfect Game Scouting Service
Day 4
Shortstop Adam Hall (London, Ontario) has had a very impressive month of August, starting with the East Coast Professional Showcase on August 1 and continuing through these Area Code Games.  It would surprise no one if he didn’t continue his high level of play at the PG All-American Classic this Sunday as well.  Hall put an exclamation point on his recent performances Tuesday afternoon with a mammoth three-run home run to left-center field, a blow that observers felt was the longest home run of what has been a homer filled event thus far.  Hall even accompanied his swing with a very respectful but very enthusiastic bat flip.  With pure shortstop defensive tools, plus running speed and a loud bat, Hall’s stock is definitely on the rise.

Another young Canadian, outfielder Cooper Davis (Mississaugua, Ontario), doesn’t have Hall’s physical gifts but he makes himself a center point of seemingly every game.  Tuesday, he literally impacted the game from the first pitch to the last pitch, dropping down a perfect bunt for a single on the first pitch of the Yankees-Brewers game and making a spectacular diving catch in left field on a Bryce Turang (Corona, Calif.) line drive for the final out and preserving a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the seventh.  Davis reached base a couple of other times and consistently uses his plus speed to take extra bases once on.

A third Canadian standout at the event, Jason Willow (Victoria, British Columbia), continued to swing a hot bat, just missing a long home run that went foul and making hard contact in a couple of other at-bats.  He’s a very interesting young athlete and one that scouts hadn’t seen before.

Day 2
Royals outfielder Jason Willow (Victoria, British Columbia) hit the day’s third home run, a missile line drive down the left field line that really carried well and tucked in just over fence by the foul pole.  Willow is a “willowy” 6-foot-2, 175-pound athlete with long arms and legs who gets lots of whip and raw bat speed to his swing and impacted the ball very hard in batting practice as well.  He’s a young Canadian to watch carefully.