TORONTO- The third and final day of the 2013 MLB Draft took place today with fifteen Canadians selected by MLB clubs bringing the grand total to 21 Canadians taken over the three day event.
TORONTO- Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) became the first member of the Junior National Team taken in the 2013 MLB Draft when the Seattle Mariners took him in the third round, 85th overall.
OTTAWA- Edmonton-born LHP Rob Zastryzny became the first Canadian selected in the 2013 MLB Draft when the Chicago Cubs took him in the second round (41st overall) out of the University of Missouri.
BOCA CHICA, DR – You would think that the son of a former first round NHL draft pick would want to follow in his dad’s footsteps with a career playing Canada’s national sport.
‘In the minors’ is a regular feature on Baseball.ca that highlights Canadian players in the minor leagues. In this installment we take a look at three Triple-A players only one step away from the big-league’s and one player getting his first taste of full-season, professional baseball.
SANTO DOMINGO, DR- The Junior National Team wrapped up their annual tour through the Dominican Summer League today as they dropped a 5-1 decision to the New York Mets Dominican prospects in the morning before defeating the MLB Prospects 11-4, under the lights at Estadio Quisqueya in front of the several hundred fans.
GUERRA, DR-Trailing 5-0 in the bottom of the seventh, the Seattle Mariners Dominican prospects scored six runs to take a one-run lead and went onto a 6-5 victory over the Junior National Team.
Riccardo Schiroli in Saint Petersburg
BOCA CHICA, DR-The Junior National Teams four game winning streak in the Dominican Summer League came to an end today as they were defeated 11-6 by the Philadelphia Phillies Dominican prospects at the Phillies Complex in Boca Chica.
GUERRA, DR- Nathan Borges (Brooklin, ON) and Daniel Marquez (Cambridge, ON) combined on a six-hit shutout and JD Osborne (Whitby, ON) went 4-for-4 including a two-run homer as the Junior National Team cruised to an 11-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers Dominican prospects.
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