Thirteen Canadians on MLB player pool rosters announced on Sunday

Ontario Blue Jays alum Bo Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) was named to the Cleveland Indians’ 60-man player pool for the 2020 Season. Photo: Lake City Captains

June 29, 2020

By Kevin Glew

Canadian Baseball Network

Major league teams had to submit their 60-man player pools for the 2020 season by 4 p.m. on Sunday.

By my count, there were 13 Canadian players selected to these pools. The list is below. Please let me know if I’ve missed anyone.

Major League Baseball’s Operating Manual dictates that all players on each club’s 40-man roster that they anticipate participating during the season must be part of their player pool. The rest of their 60-man pools will consist of non-40-man roster players under contract.

Teams must pare down their rosters to 28 players 14 days into their regular season, which will begin on July 23 or July 24. They must further reduce their rosters to 26 players after 29 days. Club can also carry up to a three-person taxi squad for road games.

Canadians

3B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal Que.), Toronto Blue Jays

C Bo Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.), Cleveland Indians

1B/OF Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.), San Diego Padres

OF Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, B.C.), St. Louis Cardinals

LHP James Paxton (Ladner, B.C.), New York Yankees

RHP Nick Pivetta (Victoria, B.C.), Philadelphia Phillies

RHP Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.), San Diego Padres

RHP Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.), Toronto Blue Jays

RHP Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.), Atlanta Braves

INF/OF Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.), Houston Astros

1B Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.), Cincinnati Reds

RHP Rowan Wick (North Vancouver, B.C.), Chicago Cubs

LHP Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.), Baltimore Orioles