Toronto Mets and Junior National Team alum Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s Minor League Player of the Week after his strong start with the Arizona Diamondbacks’ triple-A Reno Aces. Photo: Reno Aces

May 26, 2026

By Kevin Glew

Canadian Baseball Network

Left-hander Mitch Bratt continues to make a strong case to be the next Canadian to make their major league debut this season.

On Saturday, the Newmarket, Ont., native tossed five scoreless innings, while striking out five, to pick up the win in his start for the Arizona Diamondbacks’ triple-A Reno Aces against the Oklahoma City Comets. He allowed just three hits and didn’t walk a batter.

For his efforts, he has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s Minor League Player of the Week (May 19 to May 24).

Bratt threw 54 of his 83 pitchers for strikes and all three hits he allowed were singles.

The 22-year-old Junior National Team and Toronto Mets grad lowered his season ERA to 2.35 and his WHIP to 0.910 in nine starts. He has 37 strikeouts in 38 1/3 innings.

Selected in the fifth round of the 2021 MLB draft by the Texas Rangers, the Canuck lefty is in his first full season in the Diamondbacks’ organization after he was acquired as part of the package for right-hander Merrill Kelly on July 31, 2025.

2026 CBN Minor League Player of the Week winners

Opening Day to April 5 - Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.), Rangers

April 7 to April 12 - Dante Nori (Toronto, Ont.), Phillies

April 14 to April 19- Matt Wilkinson (Surrey, B.C.), Guardians

April 21 to April 26 - Eric Hartman (St. Albert, Alta.), Braves

April 28 to May 3 - Jonah Tong (Markham, Ont.), Mets

May 5 to May 10 - Jordan Woods (Oakville, Ont.), Royals

May 12 to May 17 - Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.), Rays

May 19 to May 24 - Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.), Diamondbacks

Top Canadian Minor League Batters (May 19 to May 24)

Player	Position	Current Organization	Team(s)	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Connor Caskenette	C	Miami Marlins	Beloit Sky Carp (A+)	23	3	6	1	2	7	1	0.316	0.391	0.684	1.076
Charles Davalan	OF	Los Angeles Dodgers	Great Lakes Loons (A+)	24	7	5	1	1	6	2	0.313	0.458	0.562	1.021
Nathan Flewelling	C	Tampa Bay Rays	Bowling Green Hot Rods (A+)	16	3	3	0	2	2	0	0.250	0.375	0.750	1.125
Matt Lloyd	3B	Boston Red Sox	Worcester Red Sox (AAA)	18	2	5	0	1	1	0	0.294	0.333	0.471	0.804
Jonny McGill	OF	Los Angeles Angels	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (A)	26	6	5	0	2	6	1	0.238	0.385	0.524	0.908
Noah Myers	OF	Tampa Bay Rays	FCL Rays (Rk)	20	4	5	3	0	2	2	0.278	0.350	0.444	0.794
Myles Naylor	3B	Athletics	Lansing Lugnuts (A+)	21	0	6	1	0	2	0	0.353	0.381	0.412	0.793
Dylan O'Rae	SS	Milwaukee Brewers	Biloxi Shuckers (AA)	26	9	8	2	0	2	5	0.471	0.538	0.588	1.127
Tim Piasentin	3B	Toronto Blue Jays	FCL Blue Jays (Rk)	13	2	3	2	1	1	0	0.250	0.231	0.667	0.897
Émilien Pitre	2B	Tampa Bay Rays	Bowling Green Hot Rods (A+)	17	3	4	0	0	5	1	0.333	0.471	0.333	0.804
Sam White	3B	Toronto Blue Jays	FCL Blue Jays (Rk)	17	4	5	1	2	6	0	0.333	0.353	0.800	1.153

Top Canadian Minor League Pitchers (May 19 to May 24)

Player	Position	Current Organization	Team(s)	APP	IP	W	ER	HA	BB	ERA	WHIP	SV	K
Tyler Boudreau	P	New York Yankees	Tampa Tarpons (A)	1	5.1	1	0	4	1	0.00	0.94	0	5
Mitch Bratt	P	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno Aces (AAA)	1	5	1	0	3	0	0.00	0.60	0	5
Eric Cerantola	P	Kansas City Royals	Omaha Storm Chasers (AAA)	3	3	0	1	2	3	3.00	1.67	2	6
Cedric De Grandpre	P	Atlanta Braves	Rome Emperors (A+)	1	6	1	3	5	1	4.50	1.00	0	7
Garrett Hawkins	P	San Diego Padres	El Paso Chihuahuas (AAA)	2	3	0	1	1	4	3.00	1.67	0	2
Will Hynes	P	Cleveland Guardians	ACL Guardians (Rk)	1	4	0	0	5	1	0.00	1.50	0	3
Jeremy Pilon	P	Tampa Bay Rays	FCL Rays (Rk)	1	4	1	1	2	2	2.25	1.00	0	3
Jordan Woods	P	Kansas City Royals	Columbia Fireflies (A)	1	5	1	1	3	2	1.80	1.00	0	8
Rob Zastryzny	P	Milwaukee Brewers	Nashville Sounds (AAA)	3	2.1	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.43	0	3
Jacob Zibin	P	Cleveland Guardians	Hill City Howlers (A)	1	5	0	0	1	2	0.00	0.60	0	8

CBN Minor League Player of the Week: Mitch Bratt