The Vancouver Canadians capped their season with a championship Friday night.

Toronto's High-A affiliate captured the Northwest League title with a 9-8 win in 12 innings over the Eugene Emeralds, sweeping the best-of-five series.

Catcher Ryan Sprock drove in shortstop JoJo Parker for the winning run in the top of the 12th.

Right-hander Jack Eshleman closed it out, pitching the final four innings to earn the win.

The path to that finish wasn't clean. Vancouver trailed 7-3 before scoring once in the eighth and three times in the ninth to force extra innings.

David Calabrese's two-run homer was the key blow in that ninth-inning rally.

Austin Smith also went deep in the game, adding another power source to a lineup that refused to fold.

Why this roster carries real weight for Toronto's future

This Canadians team features four players on the Blue Jays' top 30 prospects list, according to MLB Pipeline.

JoJo Parker sits at No. 1 in that ranking, with left-hander Dasan Hill at No. 8, shortstop Ty Southisene at No. 19, and outfielder Jake Casey at No. 25.

That's a real concentration of organizational talent on one championship roster, exactly the kind of group Toronto hopes develops together into future big leaguers.

Vancouver went just 64-68 across the full regular season, but caught fire in the second half, going 37-29 to force its way into the championship series.

That turnaround mirrors something Toronto's own big-league club has experienced this season, slow starts followed by a hot stretch that changed the entire trajectory.

The title is Vancouver's first since 2023 and sixth overall in franchise history.

For an organization already tracking real helium from names like Nolan Perry and Gage Stanifer, a championship built around this specific core adds another data point in a farm system that's quietly having a strong year.