Baseball / Carinci, Clarke, and Pulford-Thorpe Named to the Canadian National Junior Team

Carinci, Clarke, and Pulford-Thorpe Named to the Canadian National Junior Team

Date:  Source: Toronto Mets

Congratulations to Denzel Clarke (Ajax, ON) Daniel Carinci (Ajax, ON) and Keegan Pulford-Thorpe (Newmarket, ON) who will represent the Toronto Mets with the Canadian Junior National Team. Clarke a 2018 outfielder will return to the National team after a successful fun at the World Championships this past summer. Carinci, a 2018 infielder will make his Junior National Team debut. Pulford-Thorpe, a 2019 LHP will also be making his Junior National Team debut.  Below is the story from Baseball Canada.

 

OTTAWA- Baseball Canada is pleased to announce the names of 32 athletes that have been invited to the Junior National Team’s (U-18) annual Fall Instructional League Camp in Lake Buena Vista, Florida from October 1st to 11th.

The camp includes daily practices and a seven-game professional schedule against Fall Instructional League clubs from the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays organizations.

All games and practices will take place at ESPN Wide World of Sports, the spring training home of the Atlanta Braves, with the exception of the October 10th contest against the Blue Jays that will take place at their minor league complex in Dunedin.

“This camp will serve as an introduction to the Junior National Team program for the majority of our roster while also preparing players for future international competition and the challenges associated with the next levels of the game,” said Head Coach and Director of National Teams, Greg Hamilton. “From a coaching standpoint, it will allow the staff to evaluate players in a highly competitive environment and provide an opportunity for instruction and player development.”

Greg Hamilton takes his familiar post as Head Coach of the club and will be supported by a slew of former pros and National Team players including TJ Burton, Jeff Francis, Pete Orr, Adam Stern and Rene Tosoni while Robert Fatal joins the staff as a guest coach.

With a fourth place finish at the U-18 World Cup in the rearview, the Junior National Team program will now focus its efforts on player development and preparing for the 2018 COPABE U-18 Pan Am Championships that will serve as a qualifier for the 2019 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup.