OTTAWA – Baseball Canada announced, today, the names of the 27 athletes who will participate in the National Junior Team’s spring training camp in Orlando, Florida from April 13-23.
The players who range in age from 15 to 17 years old, will conduct practices daily beginning April 14 and will also play a total of eight exhibition games against Major League Baseball extended spring teams as well as U.S. college programs. Click here for full roster.
The selection process for Baseball Canada’s 2006 National Junior Team, which will compete in the World Junior AAA Championship from Sept. 17 to 27 in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, began last September with a fall instructional league camp.
The selection process will continue later this year with a May training camp in the Dominican Republic before a summer exhibition series in preparation for the World Championships.
Spring Training Schedule
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April 12 – Coaches and staff arrive |
April 18 – Practice, Canada vs. Cleveland (1 p.m.) |
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April 13 – Players arrive |
April 19 – Game vs. Stetson University (7 p.m.) |
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April 14 – Team meetings, photo and practice |
April 20 – Practice, Game vs. TBA (2 p.m.) |
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April 15 – Canada vs. Atlanta (10 a.m.), aft. practice |
April 21 – Practice, Canada vs. Detroit (1 p.m.) |
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April 16 – Practice, Canada vs. Cleveland (1 p.m.) |
April 22 – Canada vs. Atlanta (10 a.m.), aft. practice |
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April 17 – Practice, Canada vs. Houston (1 p.m.) |
April 23 – Return home |
