Aaron Kenneth Myette is a former Major League Baseball

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 Canadian right-handed pitcher

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He was selected by the Seattle Mariners

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 in the 17th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft

1995 Major League Baseball Draft

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 (454th overall), and then by the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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 in the first round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft

1997 Major League Baseball Draft

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 (43rd overall), and subsequently played for the White Sox (1999–2000), Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

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 (2001–2002), Cleveland Indians

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 (2003) and Cincinnati Reds

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 (2004). He was a member of Team Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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, where they finished in fourth place in the baseball tournament. In 2005, he played for Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

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 in Japan. Myette played for the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League for the 2008 season.

Aaron's brother, Andrew Myette, was drafted in three consecutive years by the Texas Rangers. Andrew was chosen by the Rangers in the 17th round of the 2000 draft (514th overall), the 44th round of the 2001 draft (1305th overall), and the 41st round of the 2002 draft (1222nd overall).

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