Fitzpatrick: Prized Texan prospect Comeau playing in front of Montreal relatives
Shortstop Connor Comeau (Pflugerville, Tex.) is competing at this year’s Canadian Futures Showcase thanks to his father’s Montreal roots. Photo: Perfect Game.
September 17, 2025
By Trevor Fitzpatrick
Canadian Baseball Network
Scrolling through the rosters for the 2025 Canadian Futures Showcase, Connor Comeau’s name jumps off the page – he’s the only player of the 150 present without a Canadian hometown.
The Texas A&M commit from Pflugerville, Texas (near Austin), has lineage tracing to Montreal, Que., where his father’s side of the family lives.
“When I got invited to the Showcase, I thought it would be a really cool event to play in. My dad’s side of the family has never seen me play,” explained Comeau, “They were super excited and booked their flights the same day they found out. I’m proud to be a Comeau.”
Not only is the lanky shortstop one of the top prospects at the Showcase, but he’s one of the top young stars in all of North America.
He’s earned the rare honour of being rated as a perfect 10 on Perfect Game’s (PG) grading system, or in other words, “a potential very high draft pick and/or elite college prospect.”
Through 2024, he put up a .349 average in PG events, and in 2025 was invited to the PG National Showcase and the All-American Classic.
It’s not hard to see why with a swing as smooth as his from the left-handed batter’s box. He generates seemingly effortless power, topping out at 107.4 mph (!) during scout day. More will likely come as he continues to fill in his 6-foot-4, 180-pound frame.
“I’ve had to learn to use my levers really well to create power while still being a smaller guy. I’ve focused on that in the cages to get a more limber and longer swing to create that power,” Comeau detailed.
At this year’s Showcase, major league scouts will be on the lookout for how well his five-tool game holds up against some of the nation’s other top prospects.
Some debate has already been had as to whether or not he’ll be a long-term shortstop, as his powerful arm may be better used at third base or the outfield. As a pitcher, he’s reached over 90 mph multiple times throughout his career.
A good showing for Team Royal would go a long way in convincing scouts that he should stay in the middle infield, where he’s most recently played for the USA Prime National team and Detroit Tigers Scout Team.
“Coach Mark Nellist Jr. is a really good guy, I remember he called me up (to the USA Prime National Team) after my sophomore year,” recalled Comeau, “I thought I was going to hit eight or nine hole, they stuck me in the four spot my first tournament and I raked! It was awesome.”
Of course, as he worked his way up the ranks, the pressure rose. Being a top prospect inherently comes with a certain level of expectations.
“At first there was some doubts obviously, if you don’t perform on any given weekend you’re hanging your head… I figured out early on that I’m supposed to be here and that I’m this high for a reason, right? After that I never had any doubts.”
Team Royal has two games on Wednesday, against Team Black at noon and Team New Blue at 6 p.m. Team Royal got off to an excellent start on Tuesday against Team Navy, winning 9-1.
The competition will be fierce moving forward as they try to carve their path forward to the Championship Game on Friday.
“I think I underestimated the level of competition here (compared to Texas),” said Comeau, “I see some really good guys here like Sean Duncan (Port Coquitlam, BC), he’s a really good left-handed pitcher.”