This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/bluejays as Blue Jays Landed Scouts’ Universal Top Pick in JoJo Parker. The Toronto Blue Jays have drafted either a shortstop or pitcher with their first-round pick in the draft since 2015, and things were no different on Sunday.

The Blue Jays’ ascendant farm system just added another top-end talent with shortstop JoJo Parker, their top pick at No. 8 overall in the 2025 MLB Draft.

With the No. 8 overall pick in the 2025 draft, the Toronto Blue Jays selected shortstop JoJo Parker out of Purvis High School in Purvis, Mississippi.