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.

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.

The Toronto Blue Jays selected shortstop JoJo Parker eighth overall in the first round of Major League Baseball's draft on Sunday.