Toronto Mets grad Landon Leach (Pickering, Ont.) offers a first-person account of his successful baseball odyssey that has seen him be transformed from a catcher into his country's top pitching prospect and being the first Canadian selected in the 2017 MLB draft. Today, however, his focus is on helping the Junior National Team, the team that has helped him so much in his development, win bronze at U18 World Cup in Thunder Bay, Ont.
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Noah "Bo" Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.), OF Damiano Palmegiani (Surrey, BC), Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont..) RHP David Rhodes (Langley, BC) and RHP Tate Dearing (WHite Rock, BC) were at the Area Codes Games in Long Beach, Calif.
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The top six Canadians drafted signed by Friday’s close deadline. In all, seven Canucks were given six-figure signing bonuses and 14 of the 23 drafted Canadians signed.
Jared Young (Prince George, BC) and J.D. Osborne (Whitby, Ont.) were the final two to sign before Friday's deadline. Some turned down offers and some asked for more than the club was willing to pay.
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Adam Hall: From Bermuda to London -- the Badgers and Great Lake Canadians -- en route to Baltimore
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RHP Daniel Procopio heard and saw his name at the same time: from an Angels scout on the phone and while watching the draft on MLB Network. The former Niagara University Purple Eagle also pitched for the Toronto Mets and the Windsor Selects.
Read MoreOur annual Canadian Baseball Network draft day blog ... Day 1.
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Day II blog of the June draft of high schoolers and collegians. Landon Leach and Adam Hall on the first day ... and who is next?
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Blake Corosky joins the big leagues as his firm True Gravity lands and signs 1B Evan White, a Kentucky Wildcat, to a $3.25 Million US.
Read MoreYearly highest-drafted Canadians through the years
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Day III blog of the major league baseball draft of high schoolers and collegians, rounds 11-to-40.
Read MoreOkotoks Dawgs Academy product and Junior National Team member, Clayton Keyes was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 15th round of the 2017 MLB Draft on Wednesday. Dustin Saracini caught up with Keyes after the young outfielder found out that he had been selected by the D-Backs.
Read MoreFour players from the Canadian Premier Baseball League (CPBL) were selected in the 2017 MLB Draft. Alexis Brudnicki has the details.
Read MoreA pair of Junior National Team alums, Zach Pop (Brampton, Ont.) and Daniel Procopio (Toronto, Ont.), were the lone Canadians selected on day two of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, bringing the two-day total to four Canadians chosen through the first 10 rounds. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the details.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays selected shortstop Logan Warmoth and hard-throwing right-hander Nate Pearson with their two first-round picks in the MLB Draft on Monday. Canadian Baseball Network writer Andrew Hendriks has more on these two promising young players.
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RHP Adam Leach (Pickering, Ont.) and INF Adam Hall (London, Ont.) were both second-round picks. Leach, of the Toronto Mets, was selected by the Minneosta Twins, while Hall of the Great Lake Canadians was chosen by the Baltimore Orioles.
Read MoreGreat Lake Canadians grad and former Junior National Team member Adam Hall (London, Ont.) was selected in the second round (60th overall) by the Baltimore Orioles in the MLB Draft on Monday. Canadian Baseball Network lead writer Alexis Brudnicki recently spoke with the young shortstop.
Read MoreRight-hander Landon Leach (Pickering, Ont.) became the first Canadian selected in the 2017 MLB draft when the Minnesota Twins chose him with the first pick of the second round (37th overall). Canadian Baseball Network lead writer Alexis Brudnicki recently caught up with the young pitching prospect.
Read MoreFor the most talented high school and collegiate players, MLB Draft day will likely be one of the most exciting days of their lives, but for others, as Canadian Baseball Network lead writer Alexis Brudnicki writes, the draft can be complicated and disappointing.
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