{"id":2580799,"date":"2016-01-22T15:18:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T20:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/?post_type=sn-article&p=2580799"},"modified":"2016-01-22T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T20:20:00","slug":"chris-leroux-among-canadians-to-sign-with-mlb-teams","status":"publish","type":"sn-article","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/baseball\/mlb\/chris-leroux-among-canadians-to-sign-with-mlb-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Leroux among Canadians to sign with MLB teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

By George Farelli<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right-handed pitcher Chris Leroux of Mississauga, Ont. parlayed a successful campaign into being re-signed this off-season. <\/p>\n

He was one of the Canadians on the move since Nov. 1:<\/p>\n

NOVEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jamie Romak London, Ont., Released by Arizona Diamondbacks. Signs as Free Agent with Yokohama Bay Stars, Japan Central League<\/p>\n

Steven Inch, Edmonton, Alta., Signs as Free Agent with IND Quebec Capitales<\/p>\n

Marcus Knecht, Toronto, Ont., Minor League Free Agent re-signs with Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n

Chris Leroux, Mississauga, Ont., Minor League Free Agent re-signs with the Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n

Scott Diamond, Guelph, Ont., Minor League Free Agent signs with Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n

Matt Hague, Bellevue, Wash. Released by Toronto Blue Jays. Signs as Free Agent with Hanshin Tigers, Japan Central League<\/p>\n

Colin Kleven, Kamloops, BC, Minor League Free Agent signs with Chicago White Sox<\/p>\n

Eric Sim, Abbotsford, BC, Released by San Francisco Giants<\/p>\n

DECEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n

James Henderson, Calgary, Alta., Free Agent signs with the New York Mets<\/p>\n

John Axford, Port Dover, Ont., Free Agent signs with the Oakland Athletics<\/p>\n

Adam Loewen, Surrey, BC, Free Agent signs with the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n

Evan Rutckyj, Windsor, Ont., Selected in third round of Rule V Draft by Atlanta (from Yankees)<\/p>\n

Brett Lawrie, Langley, BC, Traded by Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox<\/p>\n

Maxx Tissenbaum, Toronto, Ont., Selected in second round of Rule V Draft by Miami (from Tampa Bay)<\/p>\n

Kyle McKay, King City, Ont., Free Agent signs with Topeka Train Robbers IND Pecos League<\/p>\n

Nick Purdy, Grafton, Ont. Released by IND Ottawa Champions<\/p>\n

Scott Richmond, North Vancouver, BC, Released by IND Wichita Wingnuts<\/p>\n

Dustin Molleken, Regina, Sask., Minor League Free Agent signs with Detroit Tigers<\/p>\n

JANUARY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrew Cooper, Belle River, Ont., Released by the Washington Nationals<\/p>\n

Kellin Deglan, Langley, BC, Texas Rangers Non Roster player, received an invitation to Spring Training<\/p>\n

Michael Saunders, Victoria, BC, Free Agent re-signs with the Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n

Cole Armstrong, Surrey, BC, Named by the Chicago White Sox as Manager, Class A Kannapolis, Intimidators, South Atlantic League<\/p>\n

Scott Thorman, Cambridge, Ont., Named by KC Royals as Manager Rookie Class Burlington Royals, Appalachian League<\/p>\n

CURRENT UNSIGNED FREE AGENTS<\/strong>
\nAndrew Albers<\/p>\n

Taylor Green<\/p>\n

Luke Carlin<\/p>\n

Shawn Hill<\/p>\n

Jesse Crain<\/p>\n

George Kottaras<\/p>\n

Wes Darvill<\/p>\n

Pete Orr<\/p>\n

Terrence Dayleg<\/p>\n

Skyler Stromsmoe<\/p>\n

This post was first published at the Canadian Baseball Network<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pitcher Chris Leroux of Mississauga, Ont. parlayed a successful 2015 season into being re-signed by the New York Yankees. He was one of the Canadians on the move since Nov. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":2580817,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","disable_ec_suggest":"","writethru_meta":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2995],"class_list":["post-2580799","sn-article","type-sn-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sports-baseball","leagues-mlb","importance-normal"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sn-article\/2580799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sn-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sn-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sn-article\/2580799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580825,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sn-article\/2580799\/revisions\/2580825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580799"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2580799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}