Gregor Chisholm: World Baseball Classic primer: Blue Jays, ex-Jays and Canadians to watch
this tournament was held, after leading the U.S. to an 8-0 victory over Puerto Rico in the final. This year, she’s switching sides and will join Berríos in that country’s rotation.
Axford returns for yet another stint with the Canadian team. He pitched for Canada at the 2013 WBC and again in 2021 during an Olympic qualifying tournament. Axford, 40 in April,C Bo Naylor, 1B Freddie Freeman, 2B Edouard Julien, SS López, 3B Abraham Toro, LF Jacob Robson, CF Tyler O’Neill, RF Jared Young
Freeman was born in California, but will play in his second consecutive WBC for Canada to honour his late mother, who grew up in Peterborough. He’ll form the heart of the Canadian lineup with fifth-year MLB veteran O’Neill of the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers utilityman Toro. Naylor is a name to keep an eye on. The 23-year-old catcher is the brother of Cleveland Guardians slugger
Bo Naylor is ranked No. 64 overall among prospects by MLB Pipeline and possesses a plus bat, as evidenced by last year’s .889 on-base-plus-slugging percentage in the minors.Per the Canadian Baseball Network and subject to change, Canada is expected to go with Quantrill in Game 1 against Britain, while Skirrow will pitch Game 3 against Colombia and Zastryzny will take the mound for Game 4 vs. Mexico. The Game 2 starter against the U.S. had yet to be determined.
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