INF Bryce Arnold, Signs FA contract with Toronto Blue Jays — $70,000
Hometown: Grimsby, Ont.
Born: Hamilton, Ont.
Height/Weight: 5’ 10” 175 lbs.
Bats/Throws: R-R
School/Team: Campbell University Camels, Trenton Thunder, MLB Draft League.
Coaches: Justin Haire, Rene Rivera.
Signed by scout: Coulson Barbiche.
Previous Teams: Fieldhouse Pirates, Hamilton Cardinals.
Previous Coaches: George Halim, Lee Delfino, Jimmy Richardson, Dustin Wiley and Joe Iannuzzi.
Good genes: Mom, Dana, played softball and dad, Mike, played hockey and baseball but didn’t go to college for a sport.
The most influential person in my baseball life: “George Halim would be the most influential besides my parents, because he is one of the most straightforward people in my life which helps me be real and stay in the moment. He also provided me with a lot of knowledge growing up through high school into my college career. Another thing I look at with him is his work ethic and how determined he is with everything he does in life and I try to apply it to my everyday life. He is ultimately a big part in where I am at in my baseball career.”
Best day on the ball field: “Winning our conference tournament for the first time in my career at Campbell and playing at Tennessee in the electric environment last year back to back weeks.”
2023 summer with Trenton Thunder, MLB Draft League _ Was 2-for-2 with two walks and two RBIs in MLB Prospect Game …Batting .297 with two doubles, a homer and five RBIs in 10 games.
2023 spring at Campbell as a junior: Finished hitting .321 with 79 hits including 19 doubles, four triples and 17 homers. Knocked in 65 runs, had a 1.050 OPS and was 7-for-10 stealing bases in 60 games, all but one was a start ... Columbia Regional _ Singled facing NC State ... Was 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs facing Central Connecticut ... Went 3-for-6 knocking in a run against NC State ... Big South Conference tourney _ Two hits against USC Upstate in conference tourney ... Five hits in three-game series against USC Upstate with five RBIs ... Dove in a run facing East Carolina .... Three singles and three RBIs in three-game series against Gardner-Webb ... Singled facing Wilmington ... Six hits against Asheville -- five of them doubles -- driving home three ... Two hits with a double, homer and two RBIs facing North Carolina ... Singled against Elon ... One hit and drove in two against High Point ... Four hits with two doubles and three RBIs facing Longwood in three-game series ... Three hits including a solo homer against Coastal Carolina ... Had six hits -- including a 5-for-6 day -- against Presbyterian with a double and two RBIs in three-game series ... Two hits with a homer and two runs plated facing Duke ... Five more knocks against Charleston Southern including a double, homer and five RBIs ... Five hits in three-game set facing Radford with two doubles, a homer and eight knocked in ... Five hits in three games against Radford with two doubles, a homer and eight RBIs ... Four knocks against Winthrop ... Two more hits and two more RBIs against Coastal Carolina ... Doubled and drove in two against Appalachian State ... Had four hits, two homers and plated five against Tulane ... Managed three hits with two doubles driving in a pair facing Louisiana-Lafayette .... Had seven hits inlcuding a double and eight RBIs in a three-game series against Butler.
2022 summer with Palm Beach Xtreme in South Florida college league: Hit .245 with four doubles, a homer and four RBIs in 19 games with a .791 OPS.
2022 spring at Campbell as a sophomore: Batted .244 with five home runs and 12 RBIs, appearing in 25 games, making 23 starts with a .866 OPS in 78 at bats ... Was an everyday starter until sustaining an ankle injury at the end of March, sidelining him for most of the second half ... Had a walk-off home run to lead off the ninth against Wilmington ... Was 3-for-3 with three homers at UNC Greensboro … Drove in a season-high four runs and hit a homer against Presbyterian ... Came back from injury during the Big South tournament, going 3-for-4 with a double in his first game back against Charleston Southern ... Started final game of year against Georgia Tech at the Knoxville Regional.
2021 summer at Niagara in Perfect Game college league: Batted .216 with a double, a homer and eight RBIs in 13 games with a .704 OPS.
2021 spring as a freshman at Campbell: Batted .324 with six home runs with an .958 OPS in 49 games, starting 46 … Found a home at the top of the lineup DHing for the second half of the season ... Hit two leadoff home runs, one at USC Upstate and the other against Presbyterian in the Big South Championship final ... Drove in eight runs -- second most in program history -- during a 3-for-6 day, finishing a single shy of the cycle at Winthrop ... Reached base safely in the first 36 games of his career, good for the longest reached base streak of the season by a Camel, including a 12-game consecutive hit streak ... After the fourth game of the season, his batting average did not dip below .300 again ... Went 9-for-11 stealing bases attempts on the year ... His 56 runs scored were second on the team and in the Big South.
Honours: 2023 season at Campbell _ Atlantic All-Region Second Team ... NCBWA All-American Third Team … Earned First Team Big South honors ... Earned Third Team All-American … 2021 season at Campbell _ Selected to the Canadian Baseball Network Third Team ... Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll ... 2019 season at Blessed Trinity HS: Earned MVP honors.