Baseball scouts have long memories, especially when it comes to special arms, and Cal Quantrill took that to the bank Thursday night.
Even though he hasn’t pitched a baseball game in the 14 months since he underwent reconstructive surgery on his right elbow, Quantrill showed the San Diego Padres enough for the team to snap him up with the eighth overall selection in Thursday night’s first-year player draft.
The only Canadian-born player ever selected higher than Quantrill was Adam Loewen, who was taken fourth overall in 2002 by the Baltimore Orioles. Jameson Taillon, who was born in the U.