{"id":796064,"date":"2026-07-12T00:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/796064\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T00:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:37:08","slug":"two-sentences-on-every-blue-jays-pick-in-the-2026-mlb-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/796064\/","title":{"rendered":"Two sentences on every Blue Jays pick in the 2026 MLB Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite seeing their first pick in the 2026 MLB Draft slide back 10 spots, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/toronto-blue-jays\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"toronto-blue-jays\" data-league=\"mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> will once again have the opportunity to bolster their farm system with 19 selections over the two-day event in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto&#8217;s first pick dropped to No. 39 after the club exceeded the second surcharge threshold of the competitive balance tax last season. The Blue Jays also forfeited their second-round pick for signing Dylan Cease, who had received a qualifying offer.<\/p>\n<p>As always, the MLB Draft is among the most unique of all professional North American sports, but each selection offers a chance at adding a future impact player.<\/p>\n<p>So, as the Blue Jays navigate the 20-round draft, stay tuned to Sportsnet.ca for updates on each of Toronto&#8217;s picks, starting with ASU left-hander Cole Carlon.<\/p>\n<p>39. Cole Carlon<br \/>Round:\u00a01<br \/>Position:\u00a0Pitcher |\u00a0Age:\u00a021<br \/>Throws: Left<br \/>School:\u00a0Arizona State University<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jays tabbed Carlon with their first pick of 2026, bringing in the six-foot-five lefty, who features an upper-90s fastball, slider, curveball and changeup. The 21-year-old moved into the Sun Devils&#8217; rotation in 2026 and proceeded to strike out 133 hitters with a 3.87 ERA over 83.2 innings, earning All-Big 12 First Team honours.<\/p>\n<p>103. Ryan Cooney<br \/>Round:\u00a03<br \/>Position: Shortstop\u00a0|\u00a0Age:\u00a021<br \/>Bats: Right | Throws: Right<br \/>School:\u00a0Oregon<\/p>\n<p>A six-foot shortstop from Oregon, Cooney will bring a profile to Toronto that should be familiar to Blue Jays fans. The 21-year-old is adept at putting the barrel on the ball and rarely strikes out, skills that helped him earn All-Big Ten First Team honours in 2026, slashing .331\/.420\/.524 with eight home runs and 13 stolen bases for Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>131. Will Brick<br \/>Round:\u00a04<br \/>Position: Catcher\u00a0|\u00a0Age:\u00a018<br \/>Bats: Right | Throws: Right<br \/>School:\u00a0Christian Brothers HS (Tenn.)<\/p>\n<p>With their final pick of Day 1, the Blue Jays select the top-ranked high-school catcher in this year&#8217;s draft. Brick was named Gatorade&#8217;s Tennessee high school player of the year in 2026, standing out with his elite arm strength and strong defensive tools while posting a 1.572 OPS with five homers at the plate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite seeing their first pick in the 2026 MLB Draft slide back 10 spots, the Toronto Blue Jays&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-796064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}