Posts by Kevin Glew
BEEP! BEEP! Cheong runs fastest 60 at Canadian Futures Showcase

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 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.

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BAM! BAM! Morgan has top exit velocity at Canadian Futures Showcase

AHP Academy catcher Dominik Morgan (Sherwood Park, Alta.) hit the ball the hardest at the Canadian Futures Showcase at Rogers Centre on Tuesday.

The 6-foot-0, 205-pound slugger, who made his Junior National Team debut this year, belted a ball with an exit velocity of 107.5 mph. That topped a ball socked 104.9 mph by Okotoks Dawgs Academy infielder Tim Piasentin (Coquitlam, B.C.)

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