C-INF Sam White, FA, signs with Toronto Blue Jays - $158,000
Hometown: Aurora, Ont.
Born: Newmarket, Ont.
Height/Weight: 5’ 11” 195 lbs.
Bats/Throws: L-R.
School: West Virginia Mountaineers.
Coaches: Steve Sabbins.
Scout: Tom Burns.
Previous Teams: Junior National Team, Ontario Blue Jays, Team Ontario Astros.
Previous Coaches: Greg Hamilton, Mike Steed, Corey Eckstein, Tim Smith, Jason Booth.
Rankings: 480th on Perfect Game’s top 500 combined list of high school and college players.
2025 spring at West Virginia, B12 _ Batted .361 with 17 doubles, with five homers and 46 RBIs ... Owned a .955 OPS in 51 games and was 9-for-14 stealing bases ... Made 51 starts for the Mountaineers lead team in batting average and hits (69) ... Second on the team with in RBIs, runs scored (47) and doubles ... Went 5-for-9 with a home run, two RBIs, and four runs scored at LSU in NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional ... Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, including game-winning double in ninth against Clemson in NCAA Clemson Regional ... Had a hit and two RBIs against Cincinnati in Big 12 championship ... Went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs at Kansas State ... Had two doubles and two RBIs against Texas Tech ... Went 3-for-5 with two runs at Houston ... Was 3-for-5 with two doubles and five RBIs against Arizona, then hit a home run and drove in two against Arizona the next day ... Went 9-for-12 with a home run, four RBIs and six runs scored against Kennesaw State ... Hit the go-ahead home run in the 10th inning against Lipscomb.
Two-way man _ Drafted as a netminder by the Kingston Frontenacs in the second round of the OHL draft from the York Simcoe Express.
Honours: 2025 with West Virginia _ All Big 12 Honorable Mention ... ABCA All-East Region First Team ... 2024 with West Virginia _ All Big 12 Honorable Mention ... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... Garrett Ford Academic Roll ... 2021 with Ontario Blue Jays _ All-Tournament Team at the 2021 WWBA U-17 National Championship.
2024 summer with Wareham Gateman, Cape Cod _ Batted .267 with five doubles, two homers and 16 RBIs ... Owned a .766 OPS in 27 games.
2024 spring with West Virginia, B12 _ Hit .305 with nine doubles, a triple, 10 homers and 42 RBIs ... Had a .903 OPS in 60 games, the only Mountaineer to play in all 60 games, making 59 starts ... Led team with hits (65) and runs scored (47) ... Had two hits and drove in two against Grand Canyon in the NCAA Tucson Regional Final ... Had five RBIs while hitting a home run in win over Kansas State ... Hit a home run and drove in three in win over Penn State ... Went 3-for-4 with two home runs in win at Cincinnati ... Went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs in win at Kansas ... Reached base five times and scored three runs in win over Oklahoma State ... Hit two home runs and drove in three in win at Western Kentucky.
2023 summer with Pulaski River Turtles, Appalachian league _ Hit .317 with 12 doubles, a triple, three homers and 25 RBIs ... Had an .864 OPS in 39 games.
2023 spring at West Virginia, B12 _ Batted .246 with seven doubles, a triple, four homers and 23 RBIs ... Had a .752 OPS in 50 games ... Played in 50 games, making 38 starts ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI at Texas ... Had a home run and three RBIs against TCU ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored against Marshall ... Had three hits and three RBIs, including walk-off single against Hofstra ... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored against Arizona ... Went 4-for-5 with a double against Arizona ... Hit first home run against Maryland.
Scouting report
Baseball America
White is a 5-foot-11, 195-pound utilityman and lefthanded hitter. He’s been a full-time starter for West Virginia since his freshman year and has played a number of positions—including second, third, first, left, right and catcher. He had a productive summer in the Cape Cod League, hitting .267/.377/.389, and he carried that over into the 2025 season. He cut his strikeout rate significantly and slashed .361/.426/.529 with five home runs and 17 doubles. White has shown average raw power and a tick above-average contact skills, although he can get too aggressive at times. White started the season as the team’s everyday second baseman but injured his shoulder in late March and was strictly used as a DH the rest of the season, and he batted cleanup during the team’s run to the NCAA super regionals. White’s defensive versatility and excellent contact numbers as a junior could make him a draft target in the 11-20 round range.