Chicago Cubs prospect named to Canadian team roster for next month's World Baseball Classic
On Thursday Baseball Canada named the 27-year-old Chicago Cubs prospect from Prince George to the 30-player Canadian team roster and Young will be sporting the maple leaf at next month’s World Baseball Classic tournament.
Canada is grouped in Pool C with the United States, Mexico, Colombia and Great Britain. All Pool C games will be played in Chase Field in Phoenix, close to Young’s home in Scottsdale. Managed by former Toronto Blue Jays catcher Ernie Whitt, Canada opens its tournament March 11 against Great Britain, then plays the U.S. , Colombia , and Mexico . “That’s definitely a good team and I can’t wait to go out there and give them a ball game and see what we can do, because it’s going to be really exciting,” said Young.
Young was called up from triple-A Iowa last September and made a smashing major league debut with the Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago in a game against Colorado. With his Prince George family - parents Dana and Randy and brother Tanner - watching from the stands, Young collected his first MLB hit, a double down the right-field line in the eighth inning.
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