Owen Caissie (born July 8, 2002) is a Canadian professional baseball outfielder in the Chicago Cubs organization.
Caissie grew up in Burlington, Ontario and attended Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School. Caissie played for Canada's Junior National team.
Caissie was selected in the second round with the 45th overall pick of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres and was the first player from Canada selected. He signed with the team on June 24, 2020, and received a $1,200,004 signing bonus.Caissie spent the remainder of the summer training in Ontario due to the 2020 minor league season being cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On December 29, 2020, the San Diego Padres traded Caissie, pitcher Zach Davies, and three other minor league players to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for pitcher Yu Darvish and catcher Víctor Caratini.[He began the 2021 minor league season with the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Cubs, where he batted .349 with six home runs before being promoted to the Low-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
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