BEEP! BEEP! Cheong runs fastest 60 at Canadian Futures Showcase

September 18, 2024

He’s not getting older … he’s getting faster.

After finishing second with a 6.57-second, 60 time at last year’s Canadian Futures Showcase, Ontario Blue Jays infielder Philip Cheong (Richmond Hill, Ont.) made sure that didn’t happen again.

The fleet-footed outfielder clocked in at a blazing 6.344 seconds this year.

That was nearly three tenths of a second better than fellow Ontario Blue Jay Benji Kautto (Toronto, Ont.) who registered the second-fastest time.

Fittingly, Cheong, a Stanford commit, listed his favourite player as Cincinnati Reds speedster Elly De La Cruz when he was asked on Tuesday.

A list of the speediest players at the Canadian Futures Showcase from Tuesday: