Langley Blaze Arizona trip consists of 27 games (pro and college teams)

January 25, 2023

By Bob Elliott

Canadian Baseball Network

Next to the Junior National Team, the trip of the year for Canadian high schoolers is when Doug Mathieson gathers his players from across the country and ventures into Arizona.

Mathieson doubles as a Milwaukee Brewers scout and coach of Langley Blaze, along with Jamie Bodaly.

This spring on the schedule are no less than 27 games, 90 innings against first and second-year pro teams and 153 innings against college teams with a roster of 57 players, including six Americans.

The Blaze will play farmhands from the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Okland A’s, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners and the exas Rangers, The game against the Mariners is the annual Wayne Norton memorial game. Norton (Port Moody, BC) was a long-time scout for the Mariners.

Canucks headed south on this spring’s tour are … pitchers …

RHP Josh Berenbaum (Richmond, BC), RHP Benito Bonilla (Halifax, NS), RHP Parker Burgess (Douro-Dummer, Ont.), RHP Makaio Cisneros (Whitby, Ont.), RHP Matthew Donnison (Niagara Falls, Ont.), RHP Evan Dugdale (Maple Ridge, BC), LHP Sean Duncan (Port Coquitlam BC), RHP Shaymus Dunton (Langley, BC), LHP Cade Eiri (Maple Ridge, BC), RHP Owen Fernandes (Maple Ridge, BC), RHP Grayson Frers (Surrey, BC), LHP Carter Germain (Maple Ridge, BC), RHP James Lawson (Surrey, BC), RHP Kyu Lumsdon (Langley, BC), RHP Wyatt Macdonald (Victoria, BC), RHP Shimboku Matsudo (Langley, BC), RHP Travis McDougall (Abbotsford, BC), RHP Nicklas Ohman (Victoria, BC), RHP Jérémy Pilon (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que.), RHP Robert Scalzo (Brentwood Bay, BC), RHP Matt Shanley (Maple Ridge, BC), RHP Stefano Siniscalchi (Burnaby, BC), RHP Jack Thompson (Langley, BC), RHP Tyler Trim (Langley, BC), LHP Reece Usselman (Langley, BC) and RHP Jacob Wallace (Pincourt, Que.).

Catchers …

Keegan Drinkle (Maple Ridge, BC), Rees Kozar (Amherstburg, Ont.), Deiten Lachance (Sherbrooke, Que.) and Cameron Mcleod (North Vancouver, BC).

Infielders …

1B Tyler Bono (Stittsville tnt.), 1B Noah Cassie (Surrey, BC), 3B Zachary Cavanagh (Chilliwack BC), 2B Ashton Compton (Surrey, BC), 1B Dryden Fuoco (Vancouver, BC), INF Austin Goesen (North Vancouver BC), SS Tyrus Hall (Victoria BC), INF Ian Huang (Surrey BC), 3B Briggham Kokotailo (Langley, BC), 3B Macin MacDonald (Delta, BC), 2B Lucas Munns (Toronto, Ont.), SS-3B Myles Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) and INF Nolan Weinmeyer (Victoria, BC).

Outfielders …

Ty Hamilton (Orleans, Ont.), Rémi Lemay (Ste-Martine, Que.), Elijah Olaybal (Langley, BC), Javee Tagudar (Burnaby BC), Jorge Valdes (Milton, Ont.) and Chase Williams (Brampton, Ont.).

Major leaguers to wear the Langley uni include: Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.), Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.), Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.), Brett Lawrie (Langley, BC), Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC), Nick Pivetta (Victoria, BC), Phillipe Amount (Gatineau, Que.), Dalton Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.), Zach Pop (Brampton, Ont.), Charles Leblanc (Laval, Que.) and Scott Mathieson (Aldergrove, BC).

Drafted players … Eli Saul (Vancouver, BC), Adam Maier (North Vancouver, BC), Jacob Zibin (Langley, BC), Nate Ochoa (Burlington, Ont.), David Mcabe (Oshawa, Ont.), Calvin Ziegler (Heidelberg, Ont.), Eric Cerantola (Oakville, Ont.), Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.), Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.), Jordan Marks (Bright’s Grove, Ont.), Adam Shoemaker (Cambridge, Ont.), Damiano Palmegiani (Surrey, BC), Conor Angel (Pointe-Claire, Que.), Micah Buckham (Abbotsford, BC), Dominic Hambley (Victoria, BC), Adam McKillican (Comox, BC), Owen Cassie (Burlington, Ont.), Noah Skirrow (Stoney Creek, Ont.), Nick Trogrlic-Iverson (Oakville, Ont.), Josh Burgmann (Nanaimo, BC), Adam Macko (Stony Plain, Alta.), Matt Lloyd (Calgary, Alta.), Antoine Jean (Montreal, Que.), Edouard Julien (Quebec, Que.) and Indigo Diaz (North Vancouver, BC) …

Owen Diodati (Niagara Falls, Ont.), Ryan Leitch (Whitby, Ont.), Jaden Brown (Mississauga, Ont.), Tristan Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.), Mitch Robinson (Surrey, BC), Ben Onyshko (Winnipeg, Ont.), Will McAffer (Surrey, BC), Connor Sparks (Saskatoon, Sask.), David Rhodes (White Rock, BC), Ben Abram (Georgetown, Ont.), Landon Leach (Pickering, Ont.), Adam Hall (London, Ont.), Clayton Keyes (Okotoks, Alta.), Jared Young (Prince George, BC), JD Osborne (Oshawa, Ont.), Jason Willow (Victoria, BC), Dondrae Bremmer (Toronto, Ont.), Rhys Cratty (Surrey, BC), Andrew Yerzy (North York, Ont.), Jordon Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.), Jacob Robson (Windsor, Ont.), Daniel Pinero (Toronto, Ont.), Alex Webb (Surrey, BC), Jacob Polancic (Langley, BC), Louis-Phillipe Pelletier (Montreal, Que.), Matt Jones (Whitby, Ont.) and Will Sierra (Montreal, Que.) …

Tyler Duncan (Sooke, BC), Tristan Clarke (Brampton, Ont.), Brayden Bouchey (Vancouver, BC), Carter Loewen (Abbotsford, BC), J.D. Williams (Brampton, Ont.), Darren Shred (Brampton, Ont.), Marc-Andre Berube (Trois-Pistoles, Que.), Owen Spiwak (Mississauga, Ont.), Devon Stewart (Maple Ridge, BC), Ryan Kellogg (Whitby, Ont.), Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.), Miles Gordon (Oakville, Ont.), Jeff Degano (Surrey, BC), Robert Byckowski (Georgetown, Ont.), Kurtis Horne (Sooke, BC), Austen Swift (Etobicoke, Ont.), Julian Service (Whitby, Ont.), Cody Chartrand (Nanaimo, BC), Brock Dykxhoorn (Goderich, Ont.), Gareth Morgan (North York, Ont.) and Malik Collymore (Mississauga, Ont.) …

Travis Seabrooke (Peterborough, Ont.), Lachlan Fontaine (North Vancouver, BC), Morgan Lofstrom (Nelson, BC), Kurtis Kostuk (Abbotsford, BC), Dylan Brooks (Dorchester, Ont.), David Otterman (Coquitlam, BC), Jeff Gibbs (Toronto, Ont.), Shane Dawson (Drayton Valley, Alta.), Dayton Dawe (London, Ont.), Johnny Caputo (Etobicoke, Ont.), Eric Wood (Pickering, Ont.), Keaton Briscoe (North Vancouver, BC), Fernando Fernandez (Chateauguay, Que.), Logan Seifrit (Edmonton, Alta.), Damion Smith (Windsor, Ont.), Tom Robson (Richmond, BC), Dustin Houle (Penticton, BC), Kellin Deglan (Langley, BC), Vaughn Covington (Burnaby, BC), Chase Larsson (Vancouver, BC), Nic Cuckovic (Victoria, BC), Jesen Dygestile-Therrien (Montreal, Que.), Ethan Elias (Saskatoon, Sask.), Justin Atkinson (Surrey, BC) and Carter Bell (Courtney, BC) …

Dustin Hayes (Langley, BC), Ben Dartnell (East St. Paul, Man.), Skylar Janisse (Windsor, Ont.), Cory Scammell (Edmonton, Alta.), Leslie Williams (Toronto, Ont.), Jalen Harris (Toronto, Ont.), Eric Brown (Thunder Bay, Ont.), Jake Eliopoulos (Newmarket, Ont.), Marcus Knecht (North York, Ont.), Joel Pierce (Windsor, Ont.), Steve McKinnon (Duncan, BC), Brandon Dailey (Brantford, Ont.), Mark Hardy (Campbell River, BC), Mike Ellis (Surrey, BC), Ethan Stewart (Campbell River, BC), Bryan Arthur (Abbotsford, BC), Kelly Norris-Jones (Victoria, BC), Wes Darvill (Richmond, BC), Chad Stang (Surrey, BC), David Narodowski (Calgary, Alta.), Jon Hesketh (Surrey, BC), Terrence Dayleg (Burnaby, BC), Mike Monster (Kelowna, BC), Colin Kleven (Kamloops, BC), David Kington (Coquitlam, BC), Bobby Wagner (Port Coquitlam, BC), Paul Barton (Qualicum Beach, BC) …

Rory Young (Chase, BC), Brooklyn Foster (Langley, BC), Andrew Ruck (Whitby, Ont.), Stosh Wawrzasek (Burnaby, BC), Michael Crouse (New Westminster, BC), Mitchell Delaney (LaSalle, Ont.), Michael Gosse (Pitt Meadows, BC), Justin Betts-Robinson (Langley, BC), Kyle Lotzkar (Delta, BC), Mitch Hodge (Vancouver, BC), Evan Hildenbrandt (Surrey, BC), Colin Buckborough (Niagara Falls, Ont.), Henry Mabee (Surrey, BC), Travis Nevakshonoff (Langley, BC), Ryan Jensen (North Vancouver, BC), Cody Phipps (Round Hill, Alta.), Kyle Haas (Prince George, BC), Kyle Orr (New Westminster, BC), Jon Waltenbury (Bowmanville, Ont.), Shayne Willson (Surrey, BC), Tyson Gillies (Langley, BC), Taylor Green (Comox, BC), Jordan Lennerton (Langley, BC), Denver Wynn (Kamloops, BC), Paul Wourms (Kamloops, BC) and Phillipe-Alexander Valiquette (Montreal, Que.) …

Adam Parliament (Penticton, BC), Morgan Brinson (Victoria, BC), Chris Lemay (Winnipeg, Man.), Louis Metzner (Langley, BC), Jared Johnson (Kelowna, BC), Lyall Foran (Delta, BC), Tyler Williams (Delta, BC), Evan Bailey (Kamloops, BC), Ryan Lennerton (Langley, BC), Cooper Davis (Mississauga, Ont.), Pilon, Tong and O’Rae.