Jupiter bound Blaze, Canada Premier with Duncan, Goodacre, Jacob, Lumsdon, Piasentin, Sabourin
Langley Blaze LHP Sean Duncan Port Coquitlam, BC) is the highest rated Canuck headed to Jupiter with the Brewers Langley Blaze.
October 7, 2024
By Bob Elliott
Canadian Baseball Network
Sean Duncan, the best prospect at the Canadian Futures Showcase last month, headlines Doug Mathieson’s Brewers Langley Blaze team headed for Jupiter and the 26th annual Perfect Game World Wood Bat championships.
LHP Duncan (Port Coquitlam, BC), who pitches for the Blaze, was named the best talent under the dome by seven of the 10 evaluators willing to give their opinion. We asked more than that, but ... well you know how it is. Scouting directors pay their scouts for their opinions -- they don’t like reading about them before reports have been filed.
“It used to be when you were scouting you would try and keep a pitcher or a player a secret and draft him,” said one veteran scout. “It seems silly nowadays, but nowadays you almost have to be famous to be drafted.”
Duncan is in that area code -- ranked 77th by Perfect Game for 2026. And that, boys and girls, is first three round territory barring injury.
While college recruiters were looking at Duncan during the action at the Rogers Centre. They won’t be in Jupiter. Duncan is locked up. He has committed to pitch for the Vanderbilt Commodores. The last Canadian pitcher to commit to powerhouse Vandy. Well, apparently Duncan is No. 1.
Last Canuck player?
We have that one: speedy CF Cooper Davis (Mississauga, Ont.) who played for the Mississauga North Tigers, the Ontario Blue Jays and the Junior National Team. He arrived in the fall of 2017 and played four seasons, hitting .300 in 98 games. He’s now a pilot and coaches with Sean Travers’ Tigers.
While most people in Jupiter will be trying to impress for the 2025 draft ... nine months away ... Duncan is not eligible until the 2026 selection process, 21 months away.
Jamie Romak (London, Ont.) will guide the Canadian Premier League team. It used to be the Ontario Blue Jays were regulars in Jupiter, but now the best Ontario Blue Jays will be a part of Romak’s team.
There will be others scattered through other rosters and they’ll be known soon. Canada Premier will compete against Hawaii Elite 2G, Indiana Bulls and USA Prime National/Detroit Tigers Scout Team.
Ontario Blue Jays INF Jordan Jacob (Maple, Ont.)
The top-rated players from the CPBL roster, according to Perfect Game, are RHP Julian Sabourin (Toronto, Ont.) ranked 100th and 1B Jordan Jacob (Maple, Ont.) listed at 103. Jacob is bound for Pitt and Sabourin to Oregon State.
Also, on Romak’s roster are Ontario Blue Jays RHP Ben Goodacre (Ancaster, Ont.), a West Virginia University commit, who set a Rogers Centre high school record being clocked at a few ticks under 95 MPH. Plus Toronto Mets RHP Keegan Russell (Whitby, Ont.), RHP Will Hynes (Mississauga, Ont.) of the Ontario Blue Jays, headed to Wake Forest and Great Lake Canadians LHP Mark Rogers (Burlington, Ont.).
Infielders include FieldHouse Pirates Robert Omidi (Burlington, Ont.) Academy Baseball Canada teammates Justin Rompre (Ste-Anne-De-La-Perade, Que.) and William Beaudoin (Repentigny, Que.), bound for Crowder, plus Jacob.
Other names to watch are FieldHouse’s OF Quinn Carson (Oakville, Ont.). headed to Missouri and OF Ryan Stalony (Mississauga, Ont.), plus Ontario Blue Jays C Mason Ault (Ancaster, Ont.), who has committed to East Tennessee State, and Great Lake’s Tyson Moran (Wingham, Ont.).
The roster also includes other players who have committed to schools: ABC INF Maxime Boies (Lévis, Que.) headed to Kentucky; Windsor Selects RHP Trent Rudge Cottam, Ont), an Oregon State commit and FieldHouse’s RHP Aiden Taggart (Grimsby, Ont.) who is off to Utah.
Uncommitted players are ABC’s C Alexandre Giguère (Levis, Que.), RHP Zachary Landreville (Saint-Jérôme, Que.) and LHP Matis Rodrigue (Montréal, Que.), Ontario Blue Jays LHP Logan Forgie (Ottawa, Ont.), C Benji Kautto (Toronto, Ont.) and RHP Ryan McDonagh (Milton, Ont.), Great Lake’s RHP Jackson Long (Guelph, Ont.) and RHP Dylan Miles (London, Ont.) plus FieldHouse’s OF Kenyon Sikkema (Hamilton, Ont).
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In his role as a Brewers scout Mathieson has 14 Americans from Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Florida, Arkansas, Maine and Alaska, plus his Canadian contingent.
Headed for University of Miami is Okotoks Dawgs INFTim Piasentin (Coquitlam, BC), fresh from his home run derby win at the Rogers Centre.
Okotoks Dawgs INF Tim Piasentin (Coquitlam, BC) is the highest profile player with the Blaze. He won the Home Run Derby at the Futures Showcase and has committed to Miami University.
BC boys include OF Logan Booth (Agassiz, BC), LHP Reid Clague (Victoria, BC), RHP Cole Dorland (Langley, BC) RHP Evan Dugdale (Maple Ridge, BC), RHP Jake Fehr (Delta, BC), RHP Xander Guedes (North Vancouver, BC), INF Luke Laird (Langley, BC), RHP Kyu Lumsdon (Langley, BC), C Noah Laird (Langley, BC) and SS Nolan Weinmeyer (Sidney, BC).
LHP Cam Leiter (Maple Ridge, BC), who pitched for the Blaze until the 2020 coVID season and returned to Bayville, NJ is also on the roster.
LHP Cam Leiter (Maple Ridge, BC), who pitched for the Blaze until the 2020 COVID season and returned to Bayville, NJ is also on the roster. He’s the nephew of Al Leiter, the former Toronto Blue Jay.
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Brewers/Langley Blaze schedule
Wednesday, Oct. 9
11 am vs Milwaukee Brewers @ Marlin 3
5 pm vs Florida Atlantic University @ Boca Raton
Thursday, Oct. 10
8 am vs North Carolina Dirtbags @ Marlins 7
Friday, Oct. 11
12:40 pm vs Canes National @ Marlin 7
Saturday, Oct. 12
12:40 pm vs Scorpions @ Stadium @ CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches
5:20 pm vs 5 Star National @ Marlin 4
Sunday, Oct 13
Playoffs or Consolation TBA
Monday, Oct 14
Playoffs or Consolation TBA