Blue Jays’ phenom JoJo Parker gives special greeting to Toronto baseball fans of the future originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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JoJo Parker’s future is bright.
He put that on full display in minor league action at Single-A Dunedin on Tuesday, playing down on the farm in the Toronto Blue Jays‘ system.
Parker launched the first home run of his professional baseball career.
This wasn’t a cheap one, either. It was 108 miles per hour off the lefty Parker’s bat:
Down in Dunedin, No. 2 prospect JoJo Parker just hit his first career home run, a no-doubter to right field.
108.3 mph off the bat. First of many. #BlueJayspic.twitter.com/rxa0CQsgZL
— Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) April 15, 2026
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The 19-year old Parker is just beginning his journey to what the Blue Jays hope is a job as their shortstop of the future.
They chose him with the eighth overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft out of Purvis High School in Mississippi.
At 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds, Parker already has major league physicality. It’ll just be about adjusting to the speed of the game as he moves up the minor league ladder.
He didn’t actually play any games last year after being drafted, so this is his first pro action.
Parker now has nine games in with Dunedin, and he’s 9-for-33 (.273) with four doubles, a home run, nine RBI and three steals in three attempts. He’s got an .899 OPS in the early going.
There’s a long path still to travel for Parker, but along the way, Blue Jays fans are going to be quite excited to follow what looks like it’ll be a very promising journey.
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