Elliott: Langley Blaze vs. Langley Blaze in Junior National intra-squad game - Updated

“There has been competition the first 10 days of workouts and intra-squad games at the Junior National Team camp in Ajax, Ont., but nothing like the sixth inning of Saturday. Lefty Reece Usselman was pitching in the sixth inning. RF Jacob Zibin pulled an inside pitch over the left field fence at Pan Am Field for a home run. Zibin touched first, looked in at the mound and pulled at the words CANADA across his chest. There is competition for jobs that will lead to decision-day on Wednesday and then there is competition that will last all season ... and maybe next. You see Usselman (Langley, BC) pitches for the Langley Blaze. And Zibin (Langley, BC) is his Blaze teammate in the British Columbia Premier League.

It was one piece of the puzzle in a game that ended in a 5-5 tie.”

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Several Canadians featured on MLB top prospects lists

“MLB.com and Baseball America have both released updated Top 30 prospects lists for each of the 30 MLB clubs and have also unveiled new Top 100 prospect lists giving fans a preview of the next wave of MLB stars and who could be impacting their favourite team’s lineup in the not too distant future.

For Canadian baseball fans, these lists offer a glimpse into which players from north of the border are ones to keep an eye on as they chase their big league dreams.”

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