Junior National Team roster announced for Extended Spring Training Camp
Baseball Canada has announced its Junior National Team roster for its Extended Spring Training camp. Photo: Baseball Canada
April 2, 2026
By Nicklaus Korim
Baseball Canada
OTTAWA — Baseball Canada is excited to announce that the Junior National Team (18U) will be heading to Dunedin, Fla., and the Toronto Blue Jays Player Development Complex (PDC) to compete in the annual Extended Spring Training Camp.
The camp will see the Junior team face Major League Baseball organizations, including the Philadelphia Phillies extended team, the Pittsburgh Pirates extended team, the Baltimore Orioles extended team and the Toronto Blue Jays extended team.
The camp serves as a key step in young players’ development, providing an opportunity to face professional competition while preparing to represent Canada internationally.
During their time in Dunedin, the athletes will practice daily while calling the Blue Jays PDC home. The training camp will also see the Junior National Team visit other Major League facilities, including the Carpenter Complex (Phillies), the Ed Smith Stadium (Orioles) and Pirate City (Pirates).
The 31 athletes invited will be in Dunedin for nine days, playing a total of eight games from April 15 to April 23. Notably, 28 of those players are returning Junior National Team members.
On the mound, returning players include RHP Calum Anderson, RHP/OF Austin Blair, RHP/INF Logan Cummins, RHP Cole Dorland, RHP Dominic Fiorenza, LHP/OF Oscar Leah, RHP/INF Zach MacDonald, LHP Josh Mills, RHP Max Nantais-Vlahovich, RHP Noach Powell, RHP Demarcus Rideout-Carter, RHP Julian Sabourin, RHP/INF Lucas St-Laurent, RHP Desmond Tregaskis, RHP/INF Will Zielinski and LHP Sean Duncan, who was recently featured on the MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospects list.
Returning position players include INF Kadyn Armitage, OF Maxime Blain, OF Sam Ellis, OF Will Henderson, 1B Jalen Jacob, C/OF Aiden Kilshaw, INF Elliot Lascelles, INF Noah McIntosh, INF Cohen Miller, INF Robert Omidi, OF Rogan Rivard, C Taye Thierman and C Rhys Whiteford.
INF Joseph Pereira, RHP Gabe Fink and LHP Ethan Reason are new additions to the Junior National Team roster and will be looking to make their debuts.
Head coach Greg Hamilton will be joined by former National Team and professional players Mike Johnson, Pete Orr, Chris Reitsma, Rene Tosoni and Pete Laforest.