William
Labonte

Despite being one of the younger arms on the roster, Labonte impressed with his ability to find the zone with his 3 pitch mix and create in-zone swing & miss while doing so. The athletic, fluid mover with long arm action got up to 89.8 mph and sat 87-88 mph throughout his outing. Flashed a cutter at 85-86 mph which did an efficient job of inducing weak contact. Labonte also showed off a high spin curveball, 2650+ rpms, which out of a low ¾ slot had lots of horizontal break with some depth to it as well. It has the makings to become a very effective pitch as he continues to refine it. Will be an important and talented arm to follow going forward.

2026 RHP William Labonte put together one of the best days among the freshman at the event. Already has some size and projectability at 6-foot, 170-pounds Pounded the strike zone throughout the bullpen and the fastball sat 84-85 T85.9. Featured a tight, high-spin breaking ball at 73-74 (2380 avg.) along with a changeup at 78-79 with good horizontal break (14.0in. avg). Everything looks clean on the mound and has three quality offerings. One of the better 2026s we’ve seen in Canada to-date.