Canuck moves in June: Caissie, Cruz, Calabrese, Hofmann, Rheault
David Calabrese (Maple, Ont.), left, of the Ontario Blue Jays was selected in the third round and signed with the Los Angeles Angels and Owen Caissie (Burlington, Ont.), who went in the second round to the San Diego Padres. They were the top high schoolers in Canada this year.
By George Farelli
Canadian Baseball Network
There may not have been any pitches thrown in anger during the month of June, yet there was lots of transactions and or movements for Canadian players in June.
Transactions And Player Movements For Canadians
(June 1-June 30, 2020)
Owen Caissie _ Selected in the second round (45th overall) of the amateur draft, signed a contract with the San Diego Padres
Trei Cruz _ Selected in the third round (73rd overall) of the draft, signed a contract with the Detroit Tigers
David Calabrese _ Selected in the third round (82nd overall) of the draft, signed with the Los Angeles Angels.
Jordan Nwogu _ Selected in the third round (88th over-all) was drafted by the Chicago the Cubs,
Logan Hofmann _ Selected in the fifth round (138th overall) of the draft, has signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates
Dylan Rheault _ Released by Cincinnati Reds at Chattanooga Lookouts AA Southern League. As a free Agent signs with Winnipeg Goldeyes IND American Association
Bruce Yari _ Released by Cincinnati Reds at Daytona Tortugas Single A Florida State League
Larry Balkwill _ Placed on Inactive List by Lake Erie Crushers IND Frontier League
Morgan Lofstrom _ Released by Cincinnati Reds at Dayton Dragons A Midwest League
Eric Senior _ Released by Washington Nationals at Auburn Doubledays A New York-Penn League
Malik Collymore _ Placed on Inactive List by Lake Erie Crushers IND Frontier League
Travis Seabrooke _ Released by Winnipeg Goldeyes IND American Association
Dustin Houle _ Released by Winnipeg Goldeyes IND American Association
Connor Panas _ Released by Winnipeg Goldeyes IND American Association
Carter Loewen _ Undrafted Free Agent signed by the San Diego Padres
Nick Trogrlic-Iverson _ Undrafted Free Agent signed by the St. Louis Cardinals
Noah Skirrow _ Undrafted Free Agent signed by the Philadelphia Phillies
Cade Smith _ Undrafted Free Agent signed by the Cleveland Indians
Wily Diaz _ Undrafted Free Agent signed by the Minnesota Twins
Canadians Named To respective 60-man Player Pools for the 2020 season
Atlanta Braves _ 1B Freddie Freeman and RHP Mike Soroka
Baltimore Orioles _ LHP Rob Zastryzny
Chicago Cubs _ RHP Rowan Wick
Cincinnati Reds _ 1B Joey Votto
Cleveland Indians _ C Noah Naylor
Houston Astros _ 3B Abraham Toro
New York Yankees _ LHP James Paxton
Philadelphia Phillies _ RHP Nick Pivetta
San Diego Padres _ OF Josh Naylor and RHP Cal Quantrill
St. Louis Cardinals _ OF Tyler O’Neill
Toronto Blue Jays _ 3B Vlad Guerrero and RHP Jordan Romano