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Baseball Canada announced the Junior National Team roster which will go to the Dominican Republic for the annual Dominican Summer League tour which starts on May 23^rd.

Among the 30 players named to the team is Philippe Aumont of Gatineau, Québec.  The 18-year-old prospect is projected to be selected in the first round of the upcoming Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft this summer.  The complete Junior team roster is a mix of Junior Team veterans and a new crop of talented young ballplayers.

The junior team will play nine games on their tour against Major League Dominican Summer League teams.  Included in their schedule are games against the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Seattle Mariners, which they will play a doubleheader.

“Right now, we’re taking it one step at a time in terms of evaluating our team,” says Greg Hamilton, Manager of the Junior National Team.  “We want to make sure that our players are ready to play at this level of international competition.”

The DSL tour this year is in preparation for the World Junior Qualifier this August in Mexico and for the World Junior Baseball Championship in Edmonton next year.

To view the roster and the 2007 Junior National Team schedule, go to the National Teams section of our website and click on the Junior National Team link.