Brewers' Tyler Black Added To Canada's World Baseball Classic Roster

[Steve Drumwright]

Tyler Black, a Milwaukee Brewers prospect yet to establish himself in MLB, has garnered a spot on Canada's World Baseball Classic roster.

That came as a result of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar first baseman Freddie Freeman withdrawing from a third appearance with Canada in the WBC due to personal reasons.

Black, a first and third baseman who has also played a little left field, ranks 24th among Brewers prospects. While having a solid .270/.399/.442 slash line with 42 homers and 222 RBIs across five minor-league seasons, Black has only seen 23 games of action at the MLB level with the Brewers, with a .211/.357/.263 slash line.

Canada has never advanced out of pool play in its five WBC appearances.

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[Jim French Stepstool]

Would like to see Canada play him exclusively in LF but that's probably too much to ask, especially since he's replacing a guy who I'm sure was penciled in at 1B.

[long ball]

21 hours ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

Would like to see Canada play him exclusively in LF but that's probably too much to ask, especially since he's replacing a guy who I'm sure was penciled in at 1B.

Looks like Canada has Tyler Oneil in left. So he probably isn’t getting any playing time in left. They also have Naylor at first base so he probably isn’t getting any there either. 
 

possibly DH

 

while looking into team Canada, I saw Rob Zastryzny committed to team Canada too.