Arnold Ohanion (Laval, Que.) of the Acaddemy Baseball Canada put on a hitting show.

By Bob Elliott

Canadian Baseball Network

Arnold Ohanian was the top hitter among three Canucks invited to the 2026 Area Codes Underclassmen Games.

Ohanian (Laval, Que.) went 4-for-8 at Blair Field in Long Beach, Calif. A total of 240 players from across North America were invited along with dozens of scouts. The Underclassmen invited are eligible for the 2028 draft/

The other Canadian-based played invited were RHP Ethan Renaud (Okotoks, Alta.) of the Okotoks Dawgs Academy and OF Mikey Batiste (Mississauga, Ont.) of the Ontario Blue Jays.

RF Batiste singled and knocked in a run in a 4-1 victory over the Royals. Renaud added a single, while Ohani was hitless.

Academy Baseball Canada’s DH Ohanian singled and knocked in a run in a 7-3 win against the White Sox, while RF Renaud contributed a single.

3B Ohanian helped the Yankees play the Athletics to a 7-7 tie, with three RBIs, while the other two Camucks were hitless.

DH Ohanian singled in a 7-0 win over the Rangers, while the other two Canadians went hitless.

For the week, Ohanian batted .500 (4-for-8), while Renaud hit .200 (2-for-10) and Batiste hit .267 (1-for-6)/

Mikey Batiste

Baseball America Scouting Report: … Batiste is an immense human being with the power to match. He’s 6-foot-5, 235 pounds at 16, a four-star player and No. 5 overall in the 2028 class. A switch-hitter, Batiste showed that power in batting practice, hitting a ball at 105 mph off the scoreboard in right field while batting lefthanded.

He showed it again while winning the home run derby and making a park that’s difficult to hit home runs in look small. He’s a corner outfielder with a promising combination of both patience and power, giving him the look of a potential 30-plus home run slugger who could hit in the middle of a lineup.

2028 HS Draft Rank: 5

OF Ethan Renaud

Baseball America Scouting Report: …While Batiste is the top player in Canada for 2028, Renaud is another talented Canadian hitter ranked No. 28 overall. He has a great frame at a lean 6-foot-3, 190 pounds that should allow him to add significant power to what he was already flashing in batting practice, where he produced exit velocities up to 102 mph and then flashed it in game with an opposite-field double.

While there was some swing-and-miss in this look, Renaud has a simple, balanced lefthanded swing with good path through the hitting zone, making for a promising mix of hitting ability and power potential with a likely corner outfield defensive profile.

2028 HS Draft Rank: 28

Elliott: Ohanian, Renaud and Batiste invited to Area Codes Underclassmen