Canadians eligible for this year's MLB draft will be hit particularly hard by the fallout of COVID-19. ShiDavidi explains why:
The positive frame of mind is a byproduct of his baseball journey, one that started at the country’s pre-eminent university program at the University of British Columbia but after just one season brought him back home to the University of Toronto.
Back in Toronto, he played some junior ball with North York where he reconnected with Yusuke Oshima, an assistant coach at U of T who paved the way for his transfer. The Blues won an Ontario title in 2017 with Kekatos as a two-way player, but he wanted to become a bigger part of the team so he began training with the Baseball Development Group in Toronto.
“I’d always put in the time and put in effort, but with BDG, it started to really take hold for me, having a concentrated environment for that made all the difference,” says Kekatos. “I was tight in the hips. My shoulders were also tight when I first got there. Opening up those areas was key for me. This off-season, a lot of arm action stuff, really trying to tie the whole system together.
Now he’s got the four-seamer which tends to run left-to-right, a slider that tends to drop and the curve darting right-to-left, all coming out of the same arm slot. Kekatos is also optimistic that he’s found the grip for a reliable change-up that’s long eluded him.The results had him poised to become the second player to be drafted out of the OUA, joining Brock Badgers infielder Shaun Valeriote, who was taken in the 39th round in 2012 by the Blue Jays.
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