Ottawa Titans sign Claerhout, place Cardoso on IL
Prairie Baseball Academy grad and Bellevue Bruins slugger Carter Claerhout (Red Deer, Alta.) has signed with the independent Frontier League’s Ottawa Titans. Photo: Bellevue University Athletics
June 23, 2026
Official Ottawa Titans News Release
Ottawa, Ont. - The Ottawa Titans Baseball Club announced the following signings today:
OF Jake Steels
HEIGHT: 6-0 | WEIGHT: 190 lbs | BIRTHDAY: 2002-06-17
HOMETOWN: Santa Maria, CA | SCHOOL: Cal Poly
2026: Rome (A+, ATL): 15 G, .213 AVG, 2 2B, 9 RBI, 4 BB/7 K
OF Dan Tauken
HEIGHT: 6-30 | WEIGHT: 215 lbs | BIRTHDAY: 2001-08-28
HOMETOWN: Congers, NY | SCHOOL: Murray State
2026: New York (Frontier League): 30 G, .243 AVG, 5 2B, 3 HR, 27 RBI, 21 BB/33 K
INF Carter Claerhout
HEIGHT: 6-2 | WEIGHT: 230 lbs | BIRTHDAY: 2002-09-10
HOMETOWN: Red Deer, AB | SCHOOL: Bellevue
2026: Bellevue (NAIA): 56 G, .491 AVG, 18 2B, 29 HR, 86 RBI, 19 BB/27 K
The Club has also announced further transactions:
Traded LHP Caiden Johnson to New York in exchange for OF Dan Tauken
Activated UTIL Michael Fuhrman from the 14-Day IL
Placed/Activated Yohanse Morel on/from the 7-Day IL
Placed OF Daniel McElveny on the 7-Day IL
Placed INF Kaiden Cardoso (Abbotsford, B.C.) on the 14-Day IL
Assigned Mark Hernandez as the Emergency Catcher