Checking in on the Blue Jays' first 5 picks from their 2025 draft class

Coming off a 2024 campaign in which the Toronto Blue Jays finished below .500 and out of the playoffs, the team was gifted with a top ten pick in the 2025 MLB draft for all their suffering that season. They used that selection on an infielder, JoJo Parker, who seems to have not only been worth using that pick on but also the $6.2 million signing bonus needed to get him to join the organization.

Parker has been off to a good start in his professional baseball career, often playing against competition three years older than him. The 19-year-old from Mississippi has been making adjustments on the fly and has impressed with his skill set. He's shown an ability to get on base, currently supported by his .390 OBP and he's shown some power with three home runs and 11 doubles for a .397 SLG and .787 OPS. He's displaying some speed as well by swiping 12 bases.

Currently the No. 2 ranked prospect in the Blue Jays system and the No. 32 ranked prospect overall according to MLB Pipeline, there are a lot of early encouraging signs from Parker as the Blue Jays hope to develop him into an impactful big league player. After Parker, the Blue Jays' next four picks remained heavy on the position player side, with one pitcher thrown in the mix and there are things to like about each guy.

Blue Jays should be happy with the progress their 2025 draft class has made already

The Blue Jays didn't get a pick in the second round, but when it was their turn in the third round they selected Jake Cook, an outfielder who also grew up in Mississippi. The 22-year-old was a sophomore at Southern Mississippi and the Blue Jays were drown to his .350/.436/.468 slash line with 31 walks and 19 strikeouts. They also loved what they saw with his speed.

At the MLB Draft Combine, Cook ran a 3.50 30-yard dash, which was the best time that day and the fastest time since the combine's inception in 2021. His speed was easily graded at 80 on the 20-80 scouting grades and while he hasn't posted eye popping numbers to this date, Cook's speed and his defense could help him move through the system. His arm grades out at 60 and his fielding gets a 65. The 6-foot-3 lefty has already been promoted. He got his season started in the Florida Complex League (FCL) and after five games he was moved up to playing in Single-A with the Dunedin Blue Jays.

While he's collected just four hits in his first 19 at-bats, Cook could give something the Blue Jays have lacked for a long time, a true game breaking speedster, who is currently ranked as the No. 11 prospect in the Blue Jays' system.

In the fourth round, the Blue Jays called Micah Bucknam, who was born in New Zealand, but moved to Abbotsford, B.C. The 22-year-old right hander was also drafted by the Blue Jays back in 2021, but decided to go to the college route instead and pitched for Louisiana State for two years, before finishing at Dallas Baptist University. In 2025, he was drafted again by the Blue Jays and signed this time around, but there's been a delay to Bucknam beginning his professional career. Near the end of March he was placed on the full-season injured list.

The extent of his injury isn't clear, but he won't make his professional debut until at least 2027. However, Bucknam is currently the Blue Jays' 19th ranked prospect.

Another Canadian followed Bucknam with Tim Piasentin selected in the fifth round by the Blue Jays. The 6-foot-3, 200 pound third baseman is a hard hitting 19-year-old who is also playing in a league against older competition and trying to find his footing in his first few weeks of being a professional baseball player. The Maple Ridge, B.C. product has hit .220/.391/.360 with a .751 OPS in his first 14 games with the FCL Blue Jays.

He's got a 45 hit grade, but a 55 power grade on the 20-80 scale and scouts say that he has all the tools to develop and grow as a power hitter in the coming years, while he's already got a plus arm that will play at the hot corner.

In the sixth round the Blue Jays took infielder Eric Snow aout of Auburn University and immediately after signing him, Snow debuted in Single-A Dunedin. The now 22-year-old played in 26 games last season, finishing with a .237/.308/.301 slash line. That bit of early experience has allowed Snow to have a good start in his first full season as a pro-ball player. He's hit .252/.352/.301 with13 stolen bases and 16 walks compared to 22 strikeouts in 125 plate appearances.

Snow isn't ranked among the Blue Jays top 30 prospects, but that's probably because they have built up an impressive depth of infielde prospects right now. Parker and Arjun Nimmala lead that group. Followed by Juan Sanchez, Josh Kasevich and Sean Keys to name a few. He'll have plenty of time to develop in the Blue Jays system behind what is looking like a pretty stacked group.

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