RHP Cam Leiter, 2nd round (65th) – Los Angeles Dodgers - Signed $1.35 million

Former Langley Blaze RHP Cam Leiter of the pitching Leiter family. Photo: Florida State Seminoles

Hometown: Bayville, NJ.

Born: Tampa, Fla.

Height/Weight: 6’ 5” 234 lbs.

Bats/Throws: R-R

Slot Value: $1,349,100

School: Florida State University

Canadian passport: Yes, dual citizen, lived in Canada for almost 10 years ... mother Nicole Cadwell is from Maple Ridge, BC

Coach: Link Jarrett

Previous Coaches: Rich Wallace, Jerry Frulio, Doug Mathieson, Jamie Bodaly.

Rankings: 85th on Baseball America’s final top 500 list … 114th on MLB Pipeline’s final 250 … Ranked 83rd on Baseball America’s top 400 list of high schoolers and college players ... 85th on Baseball America’s top 400 high school and college list ... 87th on Baseball America’s top 500 … 102 on ESPN’s top prospect list ... 102nd on MLB Pipeline’s top 200 ... 204th on Perfect Game’s top 500 ... Ranked No. 44 starting pitcher by D1Baseball (midseason) ... No. 8 2025 draft prospect by D1Baseball 2022 season at Central Regional … First-team All-State and Shore Conference Player of the Year

The brothers Leiter: Mark, Kurt and former Blue Jays LHP Al.

Good genes: Cam’s father, Kurt Leiter, pitched at Oklahoma State and three seasons in the Baltimore Orioles system, met Nicole, a Canadian working in Boston, they wed and moved to BC ... Cam’s uncle is lefty Al Leiter of the 1992-93 World Series winning Blue Jays, also pitched for the New York Yankees, New York Mets and Florida Marlins in 19 seasons winning 162 games ... Cam’s uncle Mark pitched 11 years in the majors with 65 victories with the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners ... Cam’s cousin Mark Jr. has won 13 games pitching in relief with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees, whose bullpen he now resides ... Cam’s cousin Jack Leiter, has won three games with the Texas Rangers.

Cam on his Blaze days: “The Blaze is such a cool program. Langley is like the Yankees, you walk into the park with all your garb and everyone is looking at you. It was cool to be a member of the Blaze. Being a Blaze guy was the best. Doug Mathieson has done a lot for me and my dad. He’s a great man. We’ve kept in touch.”

The most influential person in my baseball life: “My dad (Kurt), he made a lot of sacrifices to get me to where I am. He taught me a lot about pitching. I cherish the game I and used it as an outlet. I became infatuated with the game talking pitch grips. My dad was so helpful, it was accumulative.”

2025 spring at Florida State: Did not pitch.

Honours 2024 season at Florida State _ ACC NCBWA, Perfect Game, D1Baseball National Pitcher of the Week for his outing against Butler ... 2023 season at Central Florida _ Unanimous selection to the AAC all-freshman team … 2022 season _ Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All American Northeast All Region First Team … 2021 season with Artillery 2022 Scout Team _ Earned all-tournament team honors at Perfect Game 17U National Elite Championship at Hoover, AL ... With NJ Marlins _ Selected to all-tournament team at Perfect Game Super25 17U National championship at Staten Island, NY ... Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All American Northeast All Region First Team.

No. 22 with a bullet: Kurt, Cam’s father wore No. 22 in the late 1970s pitching for Central before going off to Oklahoma State ... Next Mark wore No. 22, before going to Connors State and being drafted by the Orioles in 1983 ... Then came Al, drafted by the New York Yankees in the second round in 1984. After the three Leiter boys departed their No. 22 was retired ... Mark Jr. attended Toms River North High in Toms River, NJ attended New Jersey Institute of Technology and was drafted by the Phillies in the 22nd round in 2013 ... Jack went to Delbarton too and then Vanderbilt University, drafted in the first round (second overall) to the Rangers in 2021 draft ... From 1984 until 2021 No. 22 at Central was retired, but when Cam returned the school allowed him to wear it. The idea for Al to donate cash came during the pandemic as he watched his son Jack and nephew Cam work out on Central’s field. On the mound dedication day was Cam, who pitched a complete-game one-hitter striking out 13 in a 2-0 win over rival Toms River.

2024 spring at Florida State: 5-1, with a 4.63 ERA, striking out 56 in 35 innings in his seven starts, six of them as the series opener ... Gained the decision in an 8-3 win over the Louisville Redbirds (three runs -- two earned -- on five hits and three walks, striking out 12) ... Had arm problems after that and was shut down ... Saddled with defeat in 15-4 loss to Clemson Tigers (six runs on five walks and six hits in 2 2/3 innings, striking out three) ... Picked up 8-4 win against the Notre Dame fighting Irish (four runs allowed on six hits and two walks, while fanning 10 in a season-high 6 2/3 innings) ... Another win in a 13-0 romp against New Orleans Privateers (six scoreless, three walks, six strikeouts, lowering his season ERA to 2.70) ... Pitched 13-7 win over Illinois Illini (five runs in four innings) ... Had 8-2 victory over Western Carolina Catamounts (five scoreless, one hit, two walks, 13 strikeouts) ... Worked in an 11-0 win over the Butler Bulldogs with an with an identical line (five scoreless innings, one hit, two walks, 13 strikeouts, a career high).

2023 spring at Central Florida _ Was 3-2 with a 4.92 ERA in 15 games -- 14 starts .. Recorded 80 strikeouts in 56 2/3 innings ... Pitched seven scoreless striking out nine in the AAC Tournament against the Cincinnati Bearcats ... Struck out a career-best 11 batters in back-to-back starts against Tulane and Cincinnati.

2022 season at Central Regional High School _ Recorded a 0.89 ERA and 90 strikeouts, with a .479 batting average and eight home runs.

2021 season 2021 with Artillery 2022 Scout Team _ Pitched four scoreless innings allowing two hits and one walk, while striking out five at Perfect Game 17U National Elite Championship at Hoover, AL ... With Central Regional High _ Helped Golden Eagles win a County Champion title ... With NJ Marlins _ Pitched five scoreless innings allowing five hits and four walks as he fanned seven at Perfect Game Super25 17U National championship at Staten Island, NY.

2020 season with Diamondbacks/Blaze team _ Pitched at Perfect Game World Wood Bat championship in Jupiter, Fla.

2019 season with the Langley Blaze _ Was 4-6 with one save and a 3.31 ERA, fanning 75 in 72 innings at Milner Park and McLeod Athletic Field for coach Jamie Bodaly in the BC Junior Premier League.

Former Blue Jays LHP Al Leiter on dedication day at his former high school Central Regional in New Jersey.

Leiter Land: The Leiters are one of the most successful big-league, mound families ... In Bayville, the Little League diamonds are named the Leiter Sports Complex, while the field at Central Regional was re-named Al Leiter Park at Al Kunzman Memorial Field in 2022, a legendary coach, Kunzman was Al’s coach when Central won the 1984 NJSIAA Group 3 championship.

Cam’s memories of BC boys from his hockey days ... Centreman Connor Bedard (North Vancouver, BC), who played for the Northshore Winter Club, now the Chicago Black Hawks ... Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Burnaby, BC) of the Edmonton Oilers ... Tenzin Nyman (Maple Ridge BC), who skates for the Timmins Rock of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League ... And from the diamond: INF Nate Kirkpatrick (Surrey, BC) of the Virginia Commonwealth Rams ... OF Jonny McGill (Richmond, BC) of the UBC Thunderbirds ... RHP Theo Millas (Burnaby, BC) who pitched for the Nevada-Reno Wolf Pack in 2024 ... SS Brandon Nicoll (Langley, BC) of the Southern Arkansas Muleriders ... LHP Justin Thorsteinson (Langley, BC) of the Minnesota Gophers and RHP Jacob Zibin (Langley, BC), drafted by the Cleveland Guardians in 2022.