BASEBALL CANADA – OTTAWA- Canadians Josh Naylor (Mississauga, ON), Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, ON) and Mike Soroka (Calgary, AB), all Junior National Team alums, have been named to the “World Roster” for the annual SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, which will be played on Sunday, July 9th (4pm ET) at Marlins Park in Miami as part of Major League Baseball’s All-Star weekend.

MLB Network will exclusively televise and MLB.com will live stream the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game.

Naylor, Quantrill and Soroka were among 25 players named to the World Roster that will take on the US squad with both rosters featuring the next crop of MLB stars. Both rosters were revealed on MLB Network’s “MLB Central Live” earlier today.

Three Canadians set to participate in the contest is the highest total since 2009 when Tyson Gillies, Brett Lawrie, Rene Tosoni and Nick Weglarz represented Canada.

Naylor, 20, was a 2015 first round draft selection (12th overall) of the Miami Marlins before being dealt to the San Diego Padres in July 2016. The first baseman is hitting .298/.365/.447 with 7 home runs and 41 RBI with lake Elsinore in the Advanced-A California League. Earlier this month, he participated in the California League All-Star Game where he went 1-for-4 as the Designated Hitter. Naylor joined the Junior National Team program in 2012 as a 15 year old and represented Canada at three different WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cups (2012, 2013 and 2015) where he helped Canada win a silver medal in 2012. At the 2015 World Cup in Japan, he led the tournament with three home runs and was named to the tournament’s All-Star team. He is the #13 prospect in the Padres’ system according to MLB.com.

Quantrill, 22, was a 2016 first round draft selection (8th overall) of the San Diego Padres out of Stanford University. He’s currently a teammate of Naylor’s with Lake Elsinore in the A-Advanced California League where he owns a 5-5 record with a 3.59 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 67.2 innings pitched. He was also named a California League All-Star. Quantrill spent three years (2011-2013) with the Junior National Team program where he helped Canada to back-to-back silver medals, first in 2011 at the U-18 Pan Am Championships in Cartagena, Colombia that was followed by a second place performance at the IBAF 18U Baseball World Cup in Seoul, Korea. Quantrill is the #2 prospect in the Padres’ system according to MLB.com.

Soroka, 19, was a 2015 first round draft selection (28th overall) of the Atlanta Braves and is currently a member of Double-A Mississippi in the Southern League. The right-handed starter leads the league with a 9-3 record while his 2.18 ERA and 0.99 WHIP stand as third best among eligible hurlers. Soroka was a Southern League All-Star earlier this month and was ranked 65th on MLB.com’s Top 100 preseason prospects list. The Calgary native was a member of the Junior National Team program in 2014 and 2015 and helped Canada to a bronze medal at the 2014 U-18 Pan Am Championships in La Paz, Mexico.

With Naylor being a second-time Futures Game participant, Soroka and Quantrill are set to become the 31st and 32nd Canadians to participate in the annual contest that began in 1999.

SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game rosters can be found here.

All-time Canadian Futures Game participants:

Futures Game Participants (1999-2017)
First	Last	Year	Team
Phillippe	Aumont	2008	Mariners
Erik	Bedard	2001, 2002	Orioles
Jeff	Francis	2004	Rockies
Tyson	Gillies	2009	Mariners
Rich	Harden	2003	A’s
Shawn	Hill	2003	Expos
George	Kottaras	2006	Padres
Pierre-Luc	LaForest	1999	Devil Rays
Brett	Lawrie	2009, 2010	Brewers
Jordan	Lennerton	2013	Tigers
Kyle	Lotzkar	2012	Reds
Adam	Loewen	2005	Orioles
Trystan	Magnuson	2010	Blue Jays
Scott	Mathieson	2005	Phillies
Russell	Martin	2005	Dodgers
Chris	Mears	1999	Mariners
Justin	Morneau	2002, 2004	Twins
Aaron	Myette	1999, 2000	White Sox
Josh	Naylor	2016, 2017	Marlins, Padres
Ntema	Ndungidi	2000	Orioles
Tyler	O’Neill	2016	Mariners
James	Paxton	2011	Mariners
Dalton	Pompey	2014	Blue Jays
Cal	Quantrill	2017	Padres
Michael	Saunders	2007	Mariners
Mike	Soroka	2017	Braves
Scott	Thorman	2003	Braves
Rene	Tosoni	2009	Twins
Phillippe	Valiquette	2010	Reds
Jimmy	Van Ostrand	2007	Astros
Joey	Votto	2006, 2007	Reds
Nick	Weglarz	2009	Indians
*2015 – no represenative

 

 

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