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Seattle Mariners prospect Tyler O'Neill has been awarded the Canadian Baseball Network's Randy Echlin Memorial Award as offensive player of the year.

The 21-year-old outfielder from Maple Ridge, B.C., who also won Ken Griffey Minor League Hitter of the Year and double-A Southern League MVP at Jackson this season, hit 24 homers, drove in 102 runs and batted .293.

O'Neill also won the Echlin award last season. Previous winners include White Sox third baseman Brett Lawrie and Toronto outfielder Dalton Pompey.

Pitcher of the years honours in the ninth annual Canadian Baseball Network awards were shared by Jameson Taillon of The Woodlands, Texas, and Nick Pivetta of Victoria, B.C.

Taillon, 24, who started for Canada in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, made 10 starts at triple-A Indianapolis Indians going 4-2 with a 2.04 earned-run average before being promoted to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pivetta, 23, combined to go 12-8 with a 3.27 ERA in 27 starts at double-A Reading and triple-A Lehigh Valley in the Philadelphia Phillies system.

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