TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs, members of the Intercounty Baseball League (IBL) today announced the signing of former Toronto Blue Jays farmhand and 2017 Team Canada World Baseball Classic team member Mike Reeves for the 2018 season.

Reeves, a Peterborough, Ontario native, was selected in the 42nd round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.

Reeves then attended Florida Gulf Coast University for four years. In his first season with the Eagles, Reeves batted .301 with two home runs and 21 runs batted in (RBI) in 27 games. The following year, Reeves split time at catcher and designated hitter, appearing in 48 games and hitting .314 with two home runs and 29 RBI. In the offseason, he played in 62 games for the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League. As a junior, Reeves appeared in 55 games and batted .250 with 14 RBI. In his final collegiate season, Reeves hit .330 while starting all 57 games in the year, and was named to the College Sports Madness A-Sun All-Conference First Team.

Reeves was selected in the 21st round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft by the Blue Jays, and was assigned to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians. In 55 games for Vancouver, Reeves hit .275 with one home run and 25 RBI. He split the 2014 season with the Vancouver Canadians, the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts, and the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays. In 63 total games played, Reeves batted .213 with one home run and 16 RBI. 

Reeves played the entire 2016 season with Dunedin, appearing in 53 games and batting .244 with three home runs and 16 RBI. Reeves appeared in 27 games for Dunedin and seven games for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats in 2017, hitting a combined .192 before announcing his retirement from professional baseball on July 21.

On March 2, 2017, it was announced that Reeves would play for Team Canada at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a member of Ontario's most elite baseball league, the Intercounty Baseball League. The 100-year old summer league is one of the oldest baseball leagues in the world, with the league established in 1919, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. For more information, visit www.mapleleafsbaseball.com or follow the Leafs on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @IBLMapleLeafs.