Elliott: Ontario Blue Jays, Blaze lead way with PG First Team pre-season honours
By Bob Elliott
Canadian Baseball Network
There may -- or may not -- be a summer schedule for Canada’s elite teams.
Yet, one thing we know, one thing a virus can’t take away, are the players named to the Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason All-Region First Team selections. Canada is grouped with Puerto Rico, which also has players eligible for the draft.
Joey Ellison’s Ontario Blue Jays as well as Doug Matieson and Jamie Bodaly’s Langley Blaze each had five Canadians on the First Team.
Blaze players included RHP Theo Millas (Burnaby, BC) who has committed to LSU, RHP Noah Takacs (Victoria, BC) is Sacramento State bound, LHP Justin Thorsteinson (Langley, BC), an Oregon State signee, C Russell Young (Cloverdale, BC), who is Gonzaga-bound. and 3B Brody Alexandre (Swift Current, Sask.)..
OF David Calabrese (Maple, Ont.) signed to attend Arkansas is the first of the Ontario Blue Jays followed by LHP Caden Griffin (Nepean, Ont.) who plans on heading to Missouri, LHP Nick Fraser (Burlington, Ont.), RHP Stephen Kinal (Terra Cotta, Ont.) and RHP Jason Zhang (Ottawa, Ont.).
OF David Calabrese (Maple, Ont.) signed to attend Arkansas is the first of the Ontario Blue Jays followed by LHP Caden Griffin (Nepean, Ont.) who plans on heading to Missouri, LHP Nick Fraser (Burlington, Ont.), RHP Stephen Kinal (Terra Cotta, Ont.) and RHP Jason Zhang (Ottawa, Ont.).
Blaze players included RHP Theo Millas (Burnaby, BC) who has committed to LSU, RHP Noah Takacs (Victoria, BC) is Sacramento State bound, LHP Justin Thorsteinson (Langley, BC), an Oregon State signee and C Russell Young (Cloverdale, BC), who is Gonzaga-bound. As well, SS Bryce Arnold (Grimsby, Ont.) of the Fieldhouse Pirates spent time with the Blaze.
Academy Baseball Canada had three players named to the First Team, while the Fieldhouse Pirates had a pair.
All in all (First Team and Honourable Mentions) the Ontario Blue Jays lead with 12 players named, the ABC had 10 and the Blaze had nine. The Toronto Mets have seven, Fieldhouse Pirates three, Ontario Terriers and Okotoks Dawgs with two each.
Canada/Puerto Rico - Canada and Puerto Rico
Canada/PuertoRico Region All High School Senior 1st Team
Name Position Hometown High School Summer Commitment Drafted
Ben Adams LHP Ottawa, Ont. Vauxhall Academy/Rawlings Southeast National/Ottawa-Nepean Canadians St. John’s
Brody Alexandre 3B Swift Current, Sask. Swift Current Comprehensive/Brewers Scout Team/Canada
Bryce Arnold SS Grimsby, Ont. Blessed Trinity Fieldhouse Pirates
Jason Bégin 1B Sherbrooke, Que. Ecole Secondaire De Mortagne Academy Baseball Canada 16U Southwestern Oklahoma State
Owen Caissie OF Burlington, Ont. Notre Dame Catholic SS Fieldhouse Pirates Michigan
David Calabrese OF Maple, Ont. St. Elizabeth Catholic Ontario Blue Jays Arkansas
Cédric De Grandpré RHP St-Simon-De-Bagot, Que. Ecole Secondaire Fadette Academy Baseball Canada
Nick Fraser LHP Burlington, Ont. Nelson Ontario Blue Jays
Caden Griffin LHP Nepean, Ont. John McCrae Secondary East Coast Sandhogs/Ontario Blue Jays Missouri
Drew Howard SS Whitby, Ont. All Saints Toronto Mets
Justin Humenay RHP Beaconsfield, Que. Taft School LaSalle Cardinals VCU
Stephen Kinal RHP Terra Cotta, Ont. Christ the King Ontario Blue Jays
Theo Millas RHP Burnaby, BC Ecole Alpha Dbacks Langley Blaze/Langley Blaze LSU
Connor O’Halloran LHP Mississauga, Ont. St. Martin’s Ontario Terriers Michigan
Raphael Pelletier C Mascouche, Que. Ecole Edouard-Montpetit Academy Baseball Canada TCU
Gavin Pringle RHP Duncan, BC Cowichan Secondary Victoria Eagles
Jack Seward RHP Port Moody, BC Port Moody Secondary Coquitlam Reds Oregon/San Jacinto CC
Noah Takacs RHP Victoria, BC Oak Bay DBacks Langley Blaze/Langley Blaze Sacramento State
Justin Thorsteinson LHP Langley, BC Langley Secondary School Langley Blaze Oregon State
Matt Wilkinson LHP Delta, BC Delta Secondary Langley Okotoks Dawgs Washington
Russell Young C Cloverdale, BC Langley Secondary School Langley Blaze Gonzaga
Jason Zhang RHP Ottawa, Ont. Colonel by Secondary Ontario Blue Jays
Canada/PuertoRico Region All High School Senior Honourable Mention
Name Position Hometown High School Summer Commitment Drafted
Darius Armorer OF Whitby, Ont. Sinclair Secondary Ontario Blue Jays
Robert Battista C Toronto, Ont. St. Michaels College Toronto Mets
Jake Bucovetsky 3B Toronto, Ont. Northern SS Toronto Mets
Justin Carinci SS Ajax, Ont. Pickering Toronto Mets
Caleb Cassie RHP Surrey, BC North Delta Blue Jays
Alejandro Cazorla OF Okotoks, AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy Baseball Northwest/Okotoks Dawgs
Yohann Dessureault RHP Trois-Rivieres, Que. Academie les Estacades Academy Baseball Canada
Michael Doramajian 1B Kirkland, Que. St-Thomas Lasalle Cardinals
Campbell Ellis LHP Georgetown, Ont. Christ the King Ontario Terriers VCU
Ryan Estey RHP Sherwood Park, AB Salisbury Composite Prospects Academy Garden City CC
Tyler Favretto C Montreal, QC Vanier Prep Academy Baseball Canada
Josh Fluet RHP Surrey, BC Elgin Park White Rock Tritons
Jaxon Forbes RHP Markham, Ont. St. Augustine Toronto Mets
Yosuke Fujie SS Mission, BC Yale Secondary Fraser Valley Cardinals
Antony Gilbert 2B Quebec, Que. Cardinal-Roy Secondary School Academy Baseball Canada
Cody Greenfield C Richmond Hill, Ont. Craig Kielburger SS Ontario Blue Jays
Keenan Hilton 2B Abbotsford, BC Yale Secondary Chilliwack Cougars College Prep
Tyler Hinrikus 3B Waterloo, Ont. Ressurection Catholic SS Great Lake Canadians Ball State
Dryden Howse 3B Okotoks, AB Foothills Composite Okotoks Dawgs
Ryan Kush MIF Guelph, Ont. Guelph Collegiate Ontario Blue Jays
Felix Labonte OF Ile Perrot, Que. Ecole Secondaire Chene-Bleu Axion Longueuil Ducs
William Lacroix LHP Laval, Que. Ecole secondaire Georges-Vanier Academy Baseball Canada
Zach Laurie OF Peterborough, Ont. Crestwood Butler Prospects/Stouffville Yankees St. John’s
Aaron Marsh 2B Nanaimo, BC Nanaimo/DBacks Langley Blaze Cochise College
Gabriel Martinez C Ile Perrot, Que. Ecole Secondaire Chene-Bleu Axion Baseball Academy
Kevin Millar RHP Georgetown, Ont. Christ the King Ontario Blue Jays
Alex Mitton LHP Hamilton, Ont. Bishop Tonnos Catholic Fieldhouse Pirates Florence-Darlington Technical College
Yuri O’Connor-Yokoyama LHP Saint-Anne De Bellevue, Que. Ecole Secondaire Chene-Bleu Montreal Expos
Myles Pallister RHP Lacombe, AB Ecole Lacombe Composite Prospects Academy Niagara
Cameron Papp 2B Toronto, Ont. Humberside Collegiate Toronto Mets
Brainard Parrenas 1B Toronto, Ont. Blessed Cardinal Newman Toronto Mets
Alessandro Perreault OF St-Leonard, Que. Maisonneuve Montreal Titans
Felix Robertson OF Gatineau, Que. Polyvalente Nicolas-Gatineau Academy Baseball Canada
Mason Robertson LHP Orillia, Ont. Patrick Fogarty Secondary Ontario Blue Jays Hillsborough CC
Benjamin Sauve Gebhardt SS Mascouche, Que. Ecole secondaire Georges-Vanier Academy Baseball Canada
Sébastien Simard RHP Gatineau, Que. Polyvalente Nicolas-Gatineau Academy Baseball Canada
Evan Soules RHP Stayner, Ont. Staynor Collegiate Institute Toronto Mets
Grayden Stauffer RHP Oshawa, Ont. Maxwell Heights Secondary Ontario Blue Jays - Tennessee-Martin
Lukas Touma RHP Whitby, Ont. WL Mackenzie Ontario Blue Jays