Top 25 ranked pre-season Juco rosters has 23 Canucks

Toronto Mets grad RHP Parker Burgess returns to second-ranked Florida Southwestern State. Photo: Baseball Canada

January 28, 2026

By Bob Elliott

Canadian Baseball Network

No less than 23 Canadians are on the rosters of the top 25 pre-season ranked schools on the National Junior College Athletic Association rankings.

If you think that is a good number ... check this out ... the 23 players come from 18 different organizations.

The only returnee on the No. 2 ranked Florida Southwestern State Buccaneers is RHP Parker Burgess. Last spring, Burgess was 2-2 with a 5.89 ERA in 15 games (making 13 starts). He struck out 41 in 35 2/3 innings.

The first National Baseball Writers Association JUCO rankings ...

1. Blinn Buccaneers.

2. Florida Southwestern State College Buccaneers.

RHP Parker Burgess (Douro-Dummer, Ont.) Toronto Mets.

6. LSU-Eunice Bengals.

OF Kenyon Sikkema (Hamilton, Ont.) FieldHouse Pirates.

8. Florence Darlington Stingers

RHP Jackson Kornylo (Oshawa, Ont.) Ontario Yankees.

9. Johnson County Cavaliers.

OF Logan Booth (Chilliwack, BC) Chilliwack Cougars and INF Tristan DesRochers (Barrie, Ont.) Team Ontario

13. Georgia Highlands Chargers.

1B Andrew Bishop (Kitchener, Ont.) Ontario Nationals,

17. Iowa Western Reivers.

RHP Carter Dorrington (Ancaster, Ont.) Ontario Blue Jays, RHP Arthur Gonthier (Toronto, Ont.) Ontario Royals and INF Justin Rompré (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Que.) Academy Baseball Canada.

Langley Blaze grad INF Zach Cavanaugh (Chilliwack, BC),

18. Cochise Apaches.

INF Zach Cavanaugh (Chilliwack, BC), Langley Blaze, OF Joe Madill (Nanaimo, BC) Mid Island Pirates and INF Sawyer Fech (Calgary, Alta.) Okotoks Dawgs.

20. Florida Gulf Coast Eagles.

LHP Elliot Cadieux Lanoue (Saint-Pie, Que.) ABC and OF Nathan Gagnon (Otterburn Park, Que.) ABC.

22. Mineral Area Cardinals.

RHP Aidan Hartholt (Stittsville, Ont.) Canada Reds, C Dylan Zaretsky (King City, Ont.) Team Ontario and RHP Connor Phillips (Vancouver, BC) UBC Thunder.

Saskatoon Diamondbacks C Aidan Marien (Saskatoon, Sask.)

24. Hutchinson Blue Dragons.

C Aidan Marien (Saskatoon, Sask.), Saskatoon Diamondbacks, RHP Seth Ainsworth (Sarnia, Ont.), Great Lakes Canadians, OF Leo Griffin (Boucherville, Que.) Okotoks Dawgs, LHP Lincoln Muller (Delta, BC) Delta Blue Jays, LHP Reece Usselman (Langley, BC) Langley Blaze and INF Tyson Vassart (LaSalle, Man.) Winnipeg South.