Promising teen baseball player Adam Hall has made the big league after being chosen to play in a tournament highlighting the best young amateur players in Canada.The 14-year-old from Hamilton Parish was picked by the Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Toronto Blue Jays, after being ranked as one of the top prospects at an MLB scouting bureau camp this summer.As a result he was invited to play in the inaugural Tournament 12, a four-day showcase of young talent held in Toronto’s Rogers Centre.The baseball prodigy was also invited to try out for a regional 18U elite team, Great Lake Canadians — and made the cut as one of the youngest players on the team.The young player caught the attention of scouts from MLB teams Oakland A’s, LA Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays and Milwaukee Brewers.Adam was strongly recommended by his instructor at Centrefield Sports, Adam Arnold, who is a former pro player and a scout for the MLB’s Boston Red Sox.“Adam is a very special player to watch,” Mr Arnold said. “He is a player that you rarely get to see at such a young age display the tools of the game with such exceptional ability.”Matt Higginson, Oakland A’s scout, said he was impressed with Adam’s batting skills.“For me what makes Adam Hall stand out is his swing, especially for his age. He has a compact stroke and the ball jumps off his barrel.“The hitting tools are there for him to hit at a high level one day.”At the early age of six, Adam started playing baseball with the Youth Athletic Organisation (YAO) programme in Bermuda.Two years later, he realised his talent as he gained momentum.By the age of 11, he participated in several camps in the US and represented Bermuda at the Babe Ruth Southeast Regional 12U tournament.Adam attended Saltus Grammar School and is continuing his education at AB Lucas Secondary School in London, Ontario.Parents Tyler and Helen Hall saw Adam’s skill was rising at a staggering rate and decided he needed more room to grow his skills. “It was suggested to us that we make efforts to provide him with an avenue to pursue baseball at a higher level than was available in Bermuda,” Mr Hall said. “As I am Canadian, this led us to London, Ontario.”Mrs Hall added: “Adam has had to overcome a few obstacles to get where he is, but we have preferred to treat them as opportunities to build strength of character.“His initial challenges with baseball involved actually learning to play the game and having the patience with himself when he did not perform to the standard that he felt he should be able to play. Once he became adept at the game, his challenge was finding competition at his level. This was initially overcome by allowing him to play up an age group. He thrived.”Last spring Adam was awarded a $4,390 grant from the National Junior Athlete Sponsorship Programme in order to assist his efforts in furthering his baseball career.The baseball standout is enrolled in the gifted math and science programmes, where he maintains 90 percent averages in his studies.Shortly after arriving in Ontario, Adam moved up an age class and continued to improve his skills with the London Badgers team in 2011.Adam gave advice to other Bermudian baseball players trying to make it to the big leagues is.“Never stop trying, baseball is a game of failure, most of the time you don’t get a hit, but you have to keep trying,” he said. “You have to spend a lot of time on your own working on your skills. If you develop your ability well enough you will have to leave Bermuda at some point if you want to carry on with baseball, but that is the exciting part.”