OTTAWA — The Canadian Junior National Team (JNT) has arrived in Dunedin, Fla., for the 2026 Extended Spring Training Camp where they will spend the next eight days facing prospects from Major League organizations.
The camp will provide Canada’s top 18U athletes with experience against professional competition and serves as a key developmental stage in preparing to represent Canada internationally.
Junior National Team 2-6 Philadelphia Phillies EXT
The JNT opened the camp today facing the Philadelphia Phillies extended team at the Toronto Blue Jays Player Development Complex.
Right-handed pitcher Cole Dorland (Langley, B.C.) had an impressive start, tossing three innings, striking out three and only allowing three hits with two earned runs. RHP Logan Cummins (Mississauga, Ont.) came in to throw two innings of relief, striking out two while allowing one run and one earned run. Southpaw Oscar Leah (Maple Ridge, B.C.) followed after for an inning before handing the reins over to RHP Desmond Tregaskis (Delta, B.C.), pitching three innings with two scoreless frames in the eighth and ninth, recording one strikeout.
Offensively, INF Jalen Jacob (Maple, Ont.) went 1-for-3 with a single in the fourth inning, bringing in Elliot Lascelles (Toronto, Ont.) and making the score 3-2. Lacelles went 1-for-3, with an infield single. OF Maxime Blain (Repentigny, Que.) also went 1-for-3, hitting a hard ground-ball single to right field in the second inning, advancing INF Kadyn Armitage (Surrey, B.C.) to third after he reached first on an error from the infield. OF Rogan Rivard (Bonnyville, AB.) broke things open for the JNT after grounding into a fielder's choice that allowed Armitage to score, allowing the Junior Team to take a 1-0 lead.
The Juniors will continue on their Spring Training Camp tomorrow against the Pittsburgh Pirates extended team.
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(Dorland, Jacob, Tregaskis)
Extended Spring Training Roster
(Written by Nicklaus Korim)
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