Seattle Mariners selected 18-year-old Phillippe Aumont, a native of Gatineau, Quebec (Ecole Du Versant) in the 1st round (11th overall pick) of todays Major League Baseball Draft.
Phillippe is 6'-7" and can hit 96 mph with some sinking movement on the ball.
He is the "Real Deal"!!! And with Agent Scott Boras representing him, will likely achieve $1.5 - $2.0 million signing bonus. Not bad for a kid who only started pitching 4 years ago after begging his Hull,Quebec midget coach to just give him a chance on the mound.
http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news...=.jsp&c_id=sea
Also, nice post draft interview video feed on website.