Toronto Mets LHP Carter Seabrooke (Otonobee, Ont.) of Howard College is PG’s top-rated Canuck in Texas.

March 2, 2022

By Bob Elliott

Canadian Baseball Network

A total of 12 Canadians are on the rosters of the top 15 Junior College teams in talent-rich Texas, according to Perfect Game.

And three made the top 100 JUCO player rankings led by former Toronto Mets LHP Carter Seabrooke (Otonabee, Ont.) of the Howard College Hawks. Seabrooke is ranked 49th.

Next behind him, checking in at No. 70 is his Howard teammate C Nicholas Thibodeau (Burlington, Ont.), a former Great Lake Canadian.

And the third Canuck listed is ranked 87th: former North Shore Twin Ben Columbus (North Vancouver, BC), who plays at Wharton College Pioneers.

Texas Region Top 15 Teams

Rank Team City State 2021 W-L

2. McLennan, Waco, TX 47-16

OF Mateo Zeppieri (Newmarket, Ont.).

Zeppieri is batting .308 with a double, triple, six RBIs and a .909 OPS.

3. Weatherford, Weatherford, TX 37-20

OF-LHP Alexis Gravel (Repentigny, Que.) and LHP-1B Robin Villenueve (Gatineau, Que.).

Gravel is batting .326 with three doubles, a homer, eight RBIs and an .899 OPS. He had one scoreless outing on the mound. Villenueve owns a .172 batting mark with a homer, five RBIs and a .518 OPS.

RHP Tyler Boudreau (Middle Sackville, NS) is with the Midland Chaparals.

4. Midland, Midland, TX 29-16

Tyler Boudreau (Middle Sackville, NS)

Boudreau has a 7.71 ERA in 9 1/3 innings striking out 10.

7. Howard, Big Spring, TX 37-13

RHP Caleb Cassie (Delta, BC), RHP Tanner Dawe (London, Ont.), INF Aaron Manias (Uxbridge, Ont.), C Julio Vasquez (Cambridge, Ont.), RHP Greg Ross (Sarnia, Ont.), LHP Carter Seabrooke (Otonabee, Ont.) and C Nicholas Thibodeau (Burlington, Ont.).

Thibodeau is hitting .308 with four homers, five RBIs and a 1.126 OPS … Vasquez is hitting .150 with a double, two RBIs and a .427 OPS and Manias to date has a .167 average with three RBIs and a .453 OPS.

On the mound ... Ross has pitched 4 1/3 innings scoreless in three games with six strikeouts ... Seabrooke is 1-1 with a 13.00 ERA with 15 walks and 14 innings in nine innings ... Dawe has had one scoreless outing ... Cassie has an 18.00 ERA in five innings with three walks and five strikeouts.

14. Wharton Wharton, TX 26-27

C Ben Columbus (North Vancouver, BC).

Columbus has impressed hitting .377 with nine doubles, a triple, a homer, 19 RBIs and a 1.074 OPS.

Perfect Game rankings By Billy Cruz

Rank Name Position B/T School Hometown State Commitment

1. Adrian Siravo RHP R/R Weatherford Gilmanton, NH LSU

49. Carter Seabrooke LHP L/L Howard, Otonabee, Ont.

70. Nicholas Thibodeau C R/R Howard, Burlington, Ont.

87. Ben Columbus C R/R Wharton, North Vancouver, BC

Texas Region Top 15 Teams

Rank Team City State ‘21 W-L

1. San Jacinto, Houston, TX 51-15

2. McLennan, Waco, TX 47-16

3. Weatherford, Weatherford, TX 37-20

4, Midland, Midland, TX 29-16

5. Grayson, Denison, TX, 30-17

6. Navarro, Corsicana, TX 29-13

7. Howard, Big Spring, TX 37-13

8. Tyler, Tyler, TX 44-16

9. Temple, Temple, TX, 36-16

10. Cisco, Cisco, TX. 44-17

11. Paris, Paris, TX, 30-20

12. Blinn, Brenham, TX 22-22

13. Alvin, Alvin, TX 29-23

14. Wharton, Wharton, TX 26-27

15. Hill, Hill, TX 30-20