Through 16 games at Single-A Dunedin, Toronto Blue Jays top prospect JoJo Parker is already turning heads.

Ranked as the No. 39 prospect in the game by MLB Pipeline, Parker is also catching attention at Baseball America, which labeled him as a standout 2025 draftee on Friday afternoon in its 'Future Projection' podcast.

Still just 19 years old, Parker was selected No. 8 overall in 2025 out of the Mississippi high school ranks. He did not play in a game after getting drafted, so this is his first exposure to professional baseball.

He's hitting .259 with a robust .427 on-base percentage and an .893 OPS. Thus far, he has two home runs, 11 RBIs, six doubles and eight stolen bases.

The following comes from a portion of his MLB.com prospect profile:

Parker has a powerful left-handed swing, but he’s able to keep his hacks in control, impressing pre-Draft evaluators with the way he manages the strike zone. There was already a feel to add loft in his swing, though he tended more toward line drives, and with work from Blue Jays strength training, he could get to plus power in the future. Toronto officials already see adding muscle as a major opportunity to grow Parker’s profile.

Parker is not predicted to make his major league debut until 2029, so there's plenty that can happen between now and then.

By that point, Toronto will have cleared significant money in the form of George Springer, Kevin Gausman, Jeff Hoffman and Cody Ponce, so there's no telling what they will have spent on to potentially impact Parker's standing in the infield. 

But for now, both he and fellow top prospect Arjun Nimmala (No. 69), look like cornerstone pieces of a future infield alongside Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Toronto enters play on Friday night at 10-14 and in fourth place in the American League East. They'll start a new series with the Cleveland Guardians (7:07 p.m. ET) at Rogers Centre.

Our own Teren Kowatsch laid out the pitching matchups for the series, but Max Scherzer is aiming for history in the series opening contest. With one strikeout, he'll become the 11th player in baseball history to hit the 3,500 strikeout marker.

The other 10? Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, Steve Carlton, Bert Blyleven, Tom Seaver, Don Sutton, Justin Verlander, Gaylor Perry and Walker Johnson.

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