OTTAWA – Baseball Canada announced  Friday the names of 24 players that will participate in the New England Summer tour scheduled for July 2^nd-11^th.
 

The team  assembled in Toronto on June 29^th and held workouts at Rogers Centre on June 30^th and July 1st before flying to Boston on July 2^nd.

On Canada Day, the juniors were guests of the Toronto Blue Jays taking part in pregame festivities before watching the Jays take-on the Detroit Tigers.
 

The New England Summer Tour will see the juniors play Holyoke, Danbury and New Bedford from the New England Collegiate Baseball League, Torrington in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, Utica from the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League along with games against Strike Zone Elite, the Boston Selects and the Cape Cod Selects.
 

The juniors will also be at historic Fenway Park in Boston on July 3^rd to watch the Boston Red Sox take-on the San Diego Padres.
 

During the day, position players will have the opportunity to hit in the batting cages and the bullpen mounds will be available for pitchers. The entire team will be given a tour of Fenway Park and baseball facilities. The New England Summer Tour is an important step in the evaluation process as the JNT prepares for the IBAF 18U World Championship August 30th-September 8th in Taichung, Taiwan.

In mid-August, the Junior National Team will travel to Australia’s Gold Coast for a final selection camp where 20-players will be selected to represent Canada at the IBAF 18U World Cup.