PG's best: Clark, Devapalan, Johnson, Marzec, Mitchell, Spoljaric, Wells
By Bob Elliott
Canadian Baseball Network
The best high schoolers from across North America gathered in Fort Myers Perfect Game World Wood bat championship tournament.
A total of 96 teams and roughly 4,900 players -- without a roster limit some teams were at 20, others at 30, but the guess on an average roster was 25.
Included in that total were 40 Canadians sprinkled on the rosters of six different teams for the 22nd annual event. To frame it better, there was one complete roster -- the Ontario Blue Jays -- with players dotting lineups of five other teams.
Seven Canadians made the all-tournament team: five from the Ontario Blue Jays and one each from the Great Lake Canadians and the Toronto Mets.
Those on coach Mike Steed’s roster who earned the honour were position players Josiah Devapalan (Brampton Ont.), Lucas Johnson (Burlington Ont.) and Mackenzie Mitchell (Toronto Ont.), plus pitchers Matt Marzec (Burlington Ont.) and Ryan Wells (Caledon, Ont.).
Great Lakes Canadians Caleb Clark (Orillia, Ont.), who pitched for the Brewers Langley Blaze Scout Team, and Toronto Mets’ Turner Spoljaric (Lisle, Ont.) of the Toronto Blue Jays Scout Team also earned all-tourney honours.
Highest velocity by a Canadian was a 95 MPH fastball from Great Lakes’ Calvin Ziegler (Heidelberg Ont.) who pitched for the Ohio Warhawks.
Glenn Noronha (Mississauga Ont.) and Mateo Zeppieri (Newmarket Ont.), both of the Ontario Blue Jays were named elite hitters.
All-tournament team
Position players
Players Team No. Grad City Prov. PA AB AVG 1B 2B 3B HR BB RBI SB OBP OPS
Josiah Devapalan Ontario Blue Jays Brampton ON 14 10 .400 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 .571 1.171
Lucas Johnson Ontario Blue Jays Burlington ON 14 8 .375 2 1 0 0 5 2 0 .615 1.115
Mackenzie Mitchell Ontario Blue Jays Toronto ON 21 13 .308 3 1 0 0 6 4 0 .571 .956
Pitchers
Players Team No. Grad City Prov W-L ERA IP H K BB ER WHIP
Matt Marzec Ontario Blue Jays 2022 Burlington ON 1-0 0.00 5.0 2 5 1 0 .600
Caleb Clark Brewers Langley Blaze/Great Lakes 2022 Orillia ON 0-0 0.00 4.0 4 4 1 0 1.250
Turner Spoljaric Toronto Blue Jays Scout Team/Toronto Mets 2022 Lisle ON 0-0 0.00 4.0 5 4 3 0 2.000
Ryan Wells Ontario Blue Jays Caledon ON 0-0 0.00 5.0 3 5 3 0 1.200
Elite hitters
Players Team No. Grad City St./Prov PA AB AVG 1B 2B 3B HR BB RBI SB OBP OPS
Glenn Noronha Ontario Blue Jays Mississauga ON 26 20 .400 8 0 0 0 5 5 2 .538 .938
Mateo Zeppieri Ontario Blue Jays Newmarket ON 20 15 .533 5 2 1 0 3 4 2 .650 1.450
Fastball Velocities
Team Players Pos Th. FB Grad School City St/Prov Country
1. Ohio Warhawks Victor Quinn RHP R 97 O’Fallon MO USA
1. Mets Scout Team/Georgia Bombers Riley Stanford OF R 97 2022 Gainesville GA USA
6. Ohio Warhawks/Great Lakes Calvin Ziegler RHP R 95 Heidelberg ON CAN
168. Ontario Blue Jays Nelson Mercado RHP R 91 Brampton ON CAN
168. Brewers Langley Blaze/Great Lakes Ben Roberts RHP R 91 Burlington ON CAN
255. Toronto Blue Jays Scout Team/Toronto Mets Mitchell Bratt LHP L 90 Newmarket ON CAN
255. Brewers Langley Blaze/Great Lakes Caleb Clark LHP L 90 2022 Orillia ON CAN
255. Brewers Langley Blaze Tanner Dawe RHP R 90 London ON CAN
255. Toronto Blue Jays Scout Team/Mets Turner Spoljaric RHP R 90 2022 Home School Lisle ON CAN
500. Ontario Blue Jays Kansai Sugimoto RHP R 89 2022 Mississauga ON CAN
632. Ontario Blue Jays Jacob Corby RHP R 88 Thornhill ON CAN
632. Ontario Blue Jays/North Delta Blue Jays Nate Rosser RHP R 88 Delta BC CAN
632. Brewers Langley Blaze/Great Lakes Adam Shoemaker LHP L 88 Cambridge ON CAN
891. Ontario Blue Jays Quinn Tavares RHP R 86 2022 Mississauga ON CAN
891. Canes American/Dodgers Scout/TNXL Academy Team Dominic Teoli RHP R 86 Montreal QC CAN
891. Ontario Blue Jays Ryan Wells RHP R 86 Caledon ON CAN
992. Ontario Blue Jays Matt Marzec RHP R 85 Burlington ON CAN
992. Ontario Blue Jays James Wilson RHP R 85 2022 Toronto ON CAN
1081. Ontario Blue Jays Griffin Potter LHP L 84 Kincardine ON CAN
1081. Ontario Blue Jays Jeff Tiw RHP R 84 Burlington ON CAN
1138. Ontario Blue Jays Maxx Davidson RHP R 83 Mississauga ON CAN
1182. Ontario Blue Jays Ethan Mason LHP L 82 Barrie ON CAN
1220. Ontario Blue Jays Liam Watt LHP L 81 2022 Burlington ON CAN
1260. Brewers Langley Blaze/Langley Nathan Kirkpatrick 2B R 78 2022 Surrey BC CAN