Each year at the Canadian Futures Showcase, we try to highlight a few players by asking them the same questions. The answers reveal as much about the players as arm strength or exit velocity.
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Each year, Bob Elliott asks some pro scouts and coaches to evaluate the best players at the Canadian Futures Showcase. Here’s what they had to say this year.
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Each year at the Canadian Futures Showcase, we try to highlight a few players by asking them a series of questions. Here are the second four players that Bob Elliott connected with.
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“Since the time that he first swatted a ball off a tee, Gabriel Larocque has dreamed of the places the game might take him.
In recent years, the 16-year-old Grade 12 student at St. Charles College has emerged as one of the top catchers in his age bracket in the country, invitations to showcase events and such flooding in with regularity.”
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Each year at the Canadian Futures Showcase, we try to highlight a few players by asking them a series of questions. Here are the first four players that Bob Elliott connected with.
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Mississauga Tigers slugger Quinn Lightfoot (Caledon, Ont.) was named the MVP of the Canadian Futures Showcase.
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Ramsey Chung (Mississauga, Ont.), of the Mississauga Tigers, played the hero as Team Royal took home the Canadian Futures Showcase championship game 4-3 in a down-to-the-wire victory over Team Grey on Friday, at the Rogers Centre.
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Daril Rodriguez (Red Deer, Alta.), of St. Joseph’s Ball Academy, won the 2025 Canadian Futures Showcase Home Run Derby at Rogers Centre on Friday morning.
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Vauxhall Baseball Academy outfielder Rogan Rivard (Bonnyville, Alta.) led the way with a two-run home run as Team Red cruised to a 6-1 victory against Team Grey in the final round-robin contest of the Canadian Futures Showcase, Thursday night at the Rogers Centre.
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Ontario Blue Jays right-hander Charlie Firth (Ottawa, Ont.) fanned seven batters in three scoreless innings for Team New Blue on Thursday in an 8-4 win over Team Black at the Canadian Futures Showcase.
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Team Grey rallied late to secure a tie against Team Navy on Thursday at the Canadian Futures Showcase at Rogers Centre, keeping them in contention to play in Friday’s championship game.
Navy starting pitcher Josh Mills (Leduc, Alta.), of the Okotoks Dawgs Academy, shined over three innings, allowing one hit, a walk and striking out six to earn player of the game honours.
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“Take him out to the ball game, because it’s been one, two, three trips to the Canadian Futures Showcase for Langley Blaze infielder Luke Laird (Langley, B.C.).
You may have seen the Laird surname before, Luke is the youngest of a very talented group of ball player siblings.”
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Vauxhall Academy outfielder Easton Kitura (Vauxhall, Alta.) and Langley Blaze infielder Luke Laird (Langley, B.C.) led the Team Black offence with two hits apiece in a 10-7 victory over Team Red, to keep them in contention at the Canadian Futures Showcase, Thursday afternoon, at Rogers Centre.
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“Last year was on track to be an incredible one for Daniel Dykema (North Vancouver, BC).
The two-way threat from the North Shore Twins was a key contributor in BC’s gold medal win at the Baseball Canada Cup that year, and he was a Canadian Futures Showcase all-star.
That season was meant to be his final one of high school. He was committed to join Cloud County Community College in 2025 and even received an invite to the Junior National Team’s training camp.
Then, everything came crashing down. A partial tear of his labrum forced him to the sidelines, and saw him decommit from college to reclassify as a 2026.”
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Mississauga Tigers slugger Quinn Lightfoot (Caledon, Ont.) went 4-for-4 with a three-run home run and two stolen bases to spark a 6-1 win for Team Royal over Team Navy at the Canadian Futures Showcase at Rogers Centre on Thursday.
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Terriers left-hander Jack Perry (Mississauga, Ont.) struck out four batters in three scoreless innings to lead Team Grey to a 6-0 shutout of Team Black in the Canadian Futures Showcase on Wednesday night.
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Vauxhall Academy outfielder Rogan Rivard (Bonnyville, Alta.) is hoping to take his game to the next level with Team Red at the Canadian Futures Showcase, and potentially catch the eye of college scouts as he eyes high school graduation in 2027.
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Langley Blaze and Junior National Team left-hander Sean Duncan (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) threw two perfect innings for Team Royal on Wednesday to help lead them to a 7-0 victory over Team New Blue at the Canadian Futures Showcase.
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ABC outfielder Mathis Duranleau (Montreal, Que.) hit a clutch three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to push Team Red past Team Navy in a 11-5 victory that saw three lead changes at the Canadian Futures Showcase on Wednesday.
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“The baseball world is a small one.
Look no further than Canadian Futures Showcase athlete Zach Macdonald (Lacombe, Alta.) to prove that true.
In 2001, Jeff Macdonald (Lacombe, Alta.), Zach’s father, was drafted by the Colorado Rockies. He played collegiate ball with the Prairie Baseball Academy and had pitched for the Team Canada U18 National Team.
His son is now chasing that same dream by competing against the best that Canada has to offer in front of scouts. “
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