OF Clayton Keyes: 17th Round (522nd Overall)- Toronto Blue Jays

With the 26th pick of the 17th (522nd overall) the Toronto Blue Jays select Clayton Keyes

Bats/Throws: Right/Right

Hometown: Calgary, Alberta

Teams: DBacks Langley Blaze, Kansas City Royals Scout Team

Coaches: Allen Cox, Val Helldobler, Jeff Duda and Greg Hamilton.

Twitter Handle: @claytonkeyes02

Scout: Jamie Lehman 

Rated: 281st on Perfect Game’s top 500 high schoolers ... Ranked 41st among HS OFers.

Scouting Reports:

Perfect Game

Keyes is the best athlete among a group of Canadian prospects in this year’s class that is unlikely to match the parade of top picks that the 2015 class from Canada produced. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Keyes, whose mother immigrated to Canada from Nigeria as a talented track athlete, has an interesting combination of 6.7 speed in the 60-yard dash and a strong right-handed swing that produces lots of raw bat speed and power potential.

Baseball America

 Keyes is 17 and could attend a 13th year of school in Canada, or Central Arizona JC, or join the rebuilding program at Washington State. His youth and present strength make him an attractive pro prospect, as he runs well for a 5-foot-11, 210-pounder.

The average runner and righthanded hitter plays center field for Canada’s junior-national team and has shown power potential, even to the opposite field, and some bat speed. He’s raw offensively and swings-and-misses a lot against quality pitching.

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