How many Canucks in 1st 3 rounds?
1B Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.), left, of the Ontario Blue Jays and OF Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.) of the Ottawa Canadians may have company in the first 100 players selected next month in the June draft of high schoolers and collegians.
A year ago three Canucks went in the first 10 rounds.
Following Gareth Morgan (North York, Ont.) who went 74th over-all to the Seattle Mariners for a $2 million US bonus followed by Brock Dykxhoorn(Goderich, Ont.), an Ontario Nationals grad from Central Arizona went in the sixth round to the Houston Astros and RHP Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.), an Ontario Blue Jays grad attending Oral Roberts went in the 10th round to the Toronto Blue Jays.
This June?
We mean next month?
Well, there could be that many in the top 100 picks this time around (the 104th pick is the final selection of the third round).
Let’s check out the top Canucks according to...
Perfect Game Scouting Service top 100 players on the combined list of high schoolers and collegians …
35. OF Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.) Ottawa Canadians/Canadian JNT
93. 1B Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) Ontario Blue Jays/Canadian JNT
94. RHP Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) PBF Redbirds/Canadian JNT
Perfect Game’s top 500 high school prospects …
21. OF Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.) Ottawa Canadians/Canadian JNT
25. 1B Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) Ontario Blue Jays/Canadian JNT
74. RHP Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) PBF Redbirds//Canadian JNT
171. C-RHP Darren Shred (Brampton, Ont.) Ontario Blue Jays/Canadian JNT
Baseball America’s top 50 combined prospects ….
23. OF Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.) Ottawa Canadians/Canadian JNT
Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo’s MLB Pipeline, top 100 prospects ….
62. 1B Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) Ontario Blue Jays/Canadian JNT
64. OF Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.) Ottawa Canadians/Canadian JNT
94. RHP Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) PBF Redbirds/Canadian JNT
Keith Law’s ESPN top 100 rankings ….
54. LHP Jeff Degano (Surrey, BC) Indiana State
56. RHP Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) PBF Redbirds/Canadian JNT
83. 1B Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) Ontario Blue Jays/Canadian JNT
93. OF Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.) Ottawa Canadians/Canadian JNT