2026 Draft — Canadian Baseball Network

OF Mathieu Vallée — Signed by Toronto Blue Jays

Hometown: Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Que.

Born: Saint-Eustache, Que.

Height/Weight: 5’ 9” 180 lbs.

Bats/Throws: L-R

Scout: Andrew Tinnish.

Team: Aigles de Trois-Rivières.

Coach: Jonathan Albaladejo.

Previous Teams: Southern Illinois Salukis, Dallas Baptist Patriots, Northestern Oklahoma A&M Norsemen, Academy Baseball Canada, Saint-Gabriel High, Red Sox Laurentides and Cardinaux Deux-Montagnes.

Previous Coaches: Matt Rusch, Lance Rhodes, Dan Heefner, Coco Crisp, Roger Ward, Robbie Fatal and Maxim Hockhoussen and Simon Lepage.

Good genes: “Both parents (Manon Chouinard and Jimmy Vallee) are really athletic and have played multiple sports.

The most influential people in my baseball life: “My parents, coaches and friends.”

Best day on the ball field: “Doubleheaders.”

Favorite player when you discovered baseball: “Billy Hamilton (who stole 56 bases in 2014, 57 in 2015, 58 in 2016 and 59 in 2017) and Barry Bonds.”

2025 season with Aigles de Trois-Rivières, independent Frontier League _ Hit .352 with 19 doubles, a homer, 41 RBIs and an .841 OPS. On the base paths he was successful stealing 83 of 89 bases ... Was 7-for-7 stealing bases in a 3-2 win over the Tri-City Valley Cats at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium ... tole six bases as the Aigles thumped the Down East Bird Dawgs 14-2 at Grainger Stadium .

2024 season with Aigles de Trois-Rivières _ Batted .341 with a double, eight RBIs and a .733 OPS in 21 games going 7-for-9 in stolen bases.

2024 spring with Southern Illinois Salukis _ Hit .341 with 12 doubles, five homers, 41 RBIs in 59 games with a .902 OPS. He was 15-for-16 swiping bases.

2023 spring with Southern Illinois _ Batted .288 with seven doubles, a triple, one home run and 17 RBIs in 52 games, plus a .763 OPS. He stole 15 bases in 18 attempts.

2022 spring with Dallas Baptist Patriots _ Hit .182 with one RBI in 13 games, going 3-for-6 stealing bases, registering a .462 OPS.

2021 summer with Mahoning Valley Scrappers, MLB Draft League _ Batted .255 with three doubles, nine RBIs and a .709 OPS in 31 games.

2021 spring with Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norse _ Hit .438 with five homers, 34 RBIs and .679 OPS, stealing 35 bases in 39 games ... In two years at A&M he hit .426 with six homers, 43 RBIs and 54 stolen bases.

2020 spring with Northeastern Oklahoma _ Batted .396 with a homer, nine RBIs, slugging .547 in the COVID-shortened season.

Honors: 2025 at Trois-Rivières _ Won Canadian Baseball Network Murray Zuk award as best offensive player in indy ball ... Tied and then broke Frontier League record on the same trip around the bases Aug. 19 against the Ottawa Titans at Stade Quillorama on Avenue Gilles-Villeneuve in Trois-Rivières. The old record was 75 by Jarius Richards of the Gateway Grizzlies in 2023 ... Selected to the all-star team ... 2021 at Northeastern Oklahoma earned All-Region and All-Region Gold Glove ... .438 average was 20th in NJCAA Division I .... 2020 season at Northeastern Oklahoma _ His 19 steals ranked sixth in NJCAA Dicision !.

Fastest clocking _ He says he ran a 6.26 60, which was a laser clocking on a turf football field at Northeastern Oklahoma.

Scouting Report

“He stole 118 of 132 for an 89.4% success rate over the course of school and Indy ball. That’s a large sample size. He walks a lot, high on base percentage. So, basically he gets on first a lot and steals second a lot. Free doubles.”

“He’s a lil’ guy, a good contact hitter. Has hit for high average the last two years and stole tons of bases in indy ball. No bonus. Acquisition fee amount in the off season for that particular league is dependent on whether he makes a team out of spring.”