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CTV News
17 hours ago
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- CTV News
Edmonton Riverhawks pitcher drafted to MLB
Edmonton Watch Edmonton Riverhawks pitcher Carson Latimer is one step closer to the big leagues after he was selected in the Major League Baseball Draft on Monday.
CTV News
19 hours ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Riverhawks see 3 current, former players taken in major-league draft
Shortstop Robbie Phelps in action against the visiting Port Angeles Lefties on July 3, 2025, at ReMax Field. Two current Edmonton Riverhawks players and one alumni saw their names called during Monday's Major League Baseball Draft. The Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies took Riverhawks pitcher Carson Latimer and shortstop Robbie Phelps, respectively, in the 12th and 19th rounds of the annual 20-round affair that saw 615 players selected. Jack Gurevitch, a first baseman from Santa Monica, Calif., who played for the Riverhawks in 2022, became property of the St. Louis Cardinals after he was taken in the third round, 89th overall. The position is the highest a Riverhawks alum has been taken in the MLB Draft. The 21-year-old played the last three NCAA Division 1 seasons with San Diego State. Riverhawks head coach Jake Lanferman said having two of the team's players drafted by MLB teams has 'a bigger meaning for us.' 'We're really trying to hone in on player development,' Lanferman, who's in his third season coaching the West Coast League club, told CTV News Edmonton on Tuesday. 'We want these guys to get to the next level. We're really ecstatic for these guys when it happens.' Another Riverhawks alum, outfielder Jonny McGill, signed with the Los Angeles Angels. The Richmond, B.C., native played for Edmonton two years ago and has played four seasons at the University of British Columbia. Overall, 19 Canadians were taken in this year's draft. Lanferman said 'it's amazing' to see as many Canadians claimed by big-league squads but that it says something about the league and the Riverhawks program itself to have the calibre of player choose Edmonton for summer development. 'Getting Americans like Robbie (Phelps) coming from Pittsburgh to spend his summer in Edmonton, when there's a lot of viable options in the United States, it speaks on our program. It speaks on everything here, what we have going on with the atmosphere, and how amazing it is for the players in front of this crowd.'
CTV News
2 days ago
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- CTV News
Reds select Riverhawks pitcher in MLB Draft
Carson Latimer is now major-league property. The hard-throwing pitcher for the Edmonton Riverhawks saw his name called in the 12th round, 354th overall, of the Major League Baseball Draft on Monday by the Cincinnati Reds. The 21-year-old right-hander who attends Sacramento State University is in the Riverhawks' starting rotation. The 6-foot-3, 210-lb. native of Delta, B.C., who is 2-0 with a 0.85 earned-run average and 21 strikeouts in four starts for the West Coast League (WCL) club, threw the fastest pitch recorded in the four years of Riverhawks history. He threw a fastball clocked at 99 miles per hour on July 1 during the team's sold-out Canada Day game against the Port Angeles Lefties. Latimer played the U.S. college spring season for Sacramento State, going 2-3 in 15 appearances for the Hornets, seven of them starts. He finished the spring campaign with a 6.14 ERA, striking out 28 and walking 26 in 36.2 innings of work. The Riverhawks are 6-3, good for second in second-half play in the league's North Division, 2-12 games behind the Victoria HarbourCats. The summer collegiate squad placed third in the first half of the season with a 14-12 record, 3-1/2 games behind the first-place Bellingham Bulls. Edmonton returns to WCL action on Friday (7:05 p.m.) at ReMax Field to begin a three-game set against the visiting Kamloops NorthPaws.
