Brown, Lawson earn Perfect Game 1st Team pre-season All-American honours
Ontario Blue Jays RHP Matt Brown (Carlisle, Ont.) earned Perfect Game first team all-American honours.
May 2, 2023
By Bob Elliott
Canadian Baseball Network
Two Ontario Blue Jays earned berths on the Rawlings and Perfect Game Scouting Service First Team Pre-season Underclass All America team.
RHP Matt Brown and SS Brendan Lawson, who also play for the Junior National Team, were the only two Canucks given All-American honours.
Ontario Blue Jays INF Brendan Lawson (Toronto, Ont.) also gained first team All-American honours.
Now, we are told that both Brown (Carlisle, Ont.) and Lawson (Toronto, Ont.) are eligible to be drafted in July. However, it is Perfect Game’s list. July will provide the answers.
Brown has committed to the Oklahoma State Cowboys and Lawson to the Florida Gators.
First Team Pre-season Underclass All America
Matt Brown RHP Carlisle, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays/Junior National Team Oklahoma State
Brendan Lawson SS Toronto, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays/Junior National Team Florida
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Meanwhile, in the Canada/PuertoRico region all high school Underclass first team, Makaio Cisneros led a nine-man contingent of the Ontario Blue Jays.
RHP Cisneros (Whitby, Ont.) is bound for Central Florida.
Ontario Blue Jays RHP Makaio Cisneros l(Whitby, Ont.) if a first team selection for the Canada/Puerto Rico region.
In addition to Cisneros, the other Ontario Blue Jays honoured were RHP Liam Cruickshank (Mississauga, Ont.), 1B Daniel Devapalan (Brampton, Ont.), LHP Lachlan Harrison (Mississauga, Ont.), C Brayden Ricketts (Brampton, Ont.), RHP Owen Slater (Whitby, Ont.), OF Jorge Valdes (Milton, Ont.), Brown and Lawson.
The Academie Baseball Canada had five players named to the Canada/Puerto Rico all-region team. The Okotoks Dawgs were next with four and the Mississauga Tigers had three.
Canada/Puerto Rico Region All High School Underclass First Team
Name Position Hometown Teams Commitment
Matt Brown RHP Carlisle, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays/Junior National Team Oklahoma State
Guillaume Bussiere SS Beloeil, Que. TNXL Academy
Tate Carey RHP Windsor, Ont. Great Lake Canadians/Junior National Team
Makaio Cisneros RHP Whitby, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays/Junior National Team UCF
Leo Cote 3B Ste-Catherine-De-Hatley, Que. Okotoks Dawgs Oregon State
Liam Cruickshank RHP Mississauga, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Daniel Devapalan 1B Brampton, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Stefan Di Corrado 3B Mississauga, Ont. Mississauga Tigers
Loic Guillemette OF St-Boniface, Que. TNXL Florida Canes
Lachlan Harrison LHP Mississauga, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays/Junior National Team
Langley Blaze INF Ian Huang (Surrey, BC) of the Langley Blaze
Ian Huang SS Surrey, BC Brewers Langley Blaze
Wesley Johnston RHP Toronto, Ont. Mississauga Tigers
Nolan Jomphe 1B Quebec, Que. Academie Baseball Canada
Asafa Jones OF Toronto, Ont. Team Ontario Astros
Maxim Lachance RHP Sainte-Anne Perade, Que. Academie Baseball Canada/Junior National Team
Raphael Lantigua OF Québec, Que. Academie Baseball Canada
Brendan Lawson SS Toronto, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays/Junior National Team Florida
Jack Lines SS Okotoks, Alta. Okotoks Dawgs TNXL Florida State
Jerome Pare RHP Montreal, Que. Okotoks Dawgs Academy Gonzaga
Jeremy Pilon LHP Salaberry-De-Valleyfield, Que. ABC Alabama/Junior National Team Blue Jays (18)
Brayden Ricketts C Brampton, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays/Junior National Team
Owen Slater RHP Whitby, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays/Junior National Team Missouri State
David Stanley OF Toronto, Ont. Mississauga Tigers
Carson Tehan RHP Lasalle, Ont., Windsor Selects Canes Canada
Jorge Valdes OF Milton, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays/Junior National Team
ABC’s Jacob Wallace (Pincourt, Que.)
Jacob Wallace RHP Pincourt, Que. Academie Baseball Canada
Michael Yusypchuk RHP Edmonton, Alta. Okotoks Dawgs Canes Canada Missouri State
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Again in the Rawlings Perfect Game honourable mentions for the Canada/Puerto Rico region the Ontario Blue Jays led the way with 11 selections:
LHP Luca Alagheband (Toronto, Ont.), OF Jordan Ali Khan (Toronto, Ont.), LHP Jayden Bailey (Collingwood, Ont.), RHP Max Burroughsford (Port Dover, Ont.), 3B Jesse Dale (Toronto, Ont.), RHP Lewis Foster (Toronto, Ont.), RHP Will Hynes (Mississauga, Ont.), LHP Cameron Johnson (Burlington, Ont.), C Benji Kautto (Toronto, Ont.), 1B Jericho Morris-Johns (Stouffville, Ont.) and 3B Thomas Valero (Toronto, Ont.).
Players from 17 different teams were named honourable mentions, led by Fieldhouse Pirates and Academie Baseball Canada with nine apiece. Next were the Great Lake Canadians (seven), followed by the Team Ontario Astros (six), the Toronto Mets (five), Langley Blaze, Okotoks Dawgs and Ontario Nationals (four apiece).
With three players each were the Mississauga Tigers, Ontario Royals and Terriers.
Canada/PuertoRico Region Honorable Mention
Name Pos Hometown Summer Teams Commitment Drafted
Ben Adamson SS London, Ont. Great Lake Canadians
Seth Ainsworth RHP Sarnia, Ont. Great Lake Canadians
Luca Alagheband LHP Toronto, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Jordan Ali Khan OF Toronto, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Jayden Bailey LHP Collingwood, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Adam Beamin RHP Okotoks, Alta. Okotoks Dawgs
William Beaudoin SS L’Épiphanie, Que. Academie Baseball Canada
Jacob Belecky RHP Komoka, Ont. London Badgers
Avery Belgrave OF Hamilton, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates
Reuben Benzaquen SS Vaughan, Ont. Toronto Titans
Terriers Nolan Bigras (Burlington, Ont.)
Nolan Bigras RHP Burlington, Ont. Terriers
Brodey Bitove OF Toronto, Ont. Toronto Mets
Gabriel Blanco LHP Blainville, Que. Academie Baseball Canada
Benito Bonilla OF Halifax, NS Okotoks Dawgs/Junior National Team
Ben Bradley OF Oakville, Ont. Terriers
Max Burroughsford RHP Port Dover, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Adam Cameron RHP Oakville, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates
Noah Cantwell 3B Cambridge, Ont. Great Lake Canadians
Zach Cavanagh SS Chilliwack, BC Abbotsford Cardinals
Cooper Clark 3B Thorndale, Ont. Great Lake Canadians
Nicholas Cote 3B Oakville, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates
Félix-Antoine Côté MIF Quebec, Que. Academie Baseball Canada
Bryce Cross OF Georgetown, Ont. Terriers
Jesse Dale 3B Toronto, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Anthony Deblois RHP Saint-Isidore, Que. Academie Baseball Canada/Junior National Team
Alex Digiacinto 3B Richmond Hill, Ont. Team Ontario Astros
Shaymus Dunton RHP Langley, BC Langley Blaze
Anderson Fenwick C Mississauga, Ont. Mississauga Tigers
Owen Fernandes RHP Maple Ridge, BC Langley Blaze/Junior National Team
Lewis Foster RHP Toronto, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Sudbury Voyageurs Luke Foulds (Thunder Bay, Ont.)
Luke Foulds RHP Thunder Bay, Ont. Sudbury Voyageurs
Matthew Gaspar RHP Whitby, Ont. Toronto Mets
John Genco SS Woodbridge, Ont. Team Ontario Astros
Aidan George OF Woodstock, Ont. Great Lake Canadians Canes Canada
Ben Goodacre RHP Ancaster, Ont. FieldHouse Pirates
Alexander Graham 3B Toronto, Ont. Ontario Prospects
Owen Gregg SS Oakville, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates
Joël Grégoire RHP Blainville, Que. Academie Baseball Canada
Kylan Hampton SS Kitchener, Ont. Ontario Nationals
Thomas Hanger SS Toronto, Ont. Mississauga Tigers
Will Hynes RHP Mississauga, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays/Junior National Team Wake Forest
Cameron Johnson LHP Burlington, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays Canes Florida
Benji Kautto C Toronto, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Charles Lavigne 1B Blainville, Que. Academie Baseball Canada
Hayden Le 1B Oakville, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates
Rémi Lemay OF Ste-Martine, Que. Académie Baseball Canada
Jackson Long OF Guelph, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates
Rory Macdonald RHP Halifax, NS Team Nova Scotia
Sam Maclaughlin LHP Toronto, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates
Zach McCabe 3B Oakville, Ont. Ontario Royals
London Badgers 3B Logan Melo (London, Ont.)
Logan Melo 3B London, Ont. London Badgers
Gianluca Montanaro C Aurora, Ont. Toronto Mets
Tyson Moran INF Wingham, Ont. Ontario Nationals
Jericho Morris-Johns 1B Stouffville, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Trey Nott RHP Okotoks, Alta. Okotoks Dawgs
Shayne Pellin LHP Saint-Lazare, Que. TNXL
Owen Ralph SS Toronto, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates
Charlie Renco MIF Cambridge, Ont. Great Lake Canadians
Julian Robertson RHP Aurora, Ont. Ontario Astros Ohio
Keegan Russell RHP Whitby, Ont. Toronto Mets
Zev Salsberg RHP Toronto, Ont. Ontario Royals
Adyn Schell 3B Toronto, Ont. Mississauga Tigers
Philip Sephton C North York, Ont. Team Ontario Astros
Ty Shapton INF Ingersoll, Ont. Ontario Nationals
Jacob Sigouin RHP St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que. Académie Baseball Canada
Pelham Statton RHP Vancouver, BC Okotoks Dawgs Canes National
Ethan Swaby RHP Toronto, Ont. Toronto Mets
Christos Tassopoulos 2B Stouffville, Ont. Team Ontario Astros
Graham Taylor 3B Goderich, Ont. Ontario Nationals
Thomas Valero 3B Toronto, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Team Ontario Astros Preston Vieira (Oshawa, Ont.)
Preston Vieira C Oshawa, Ont. Team Ontario Astros
Ethan Wolf OF Duart, Ont. Great Lake Canadians
Carter Yellowlees RHP Oakville, Ont. Ontario Royals