After selecting Arjun Nimmala with their lone pick on the first night of the 2023 MLB Draft, the Toronto Blue Jays added seven players on Day 2 of the event.
In the fifth and ninth rounds, the Blue Jays added a pair of Canadians, selecting University of Michigan pitcher and Mississauga, Ont. native Connor O’Halloran, 157th overall and Victoria, B.C. high school infielder Sam Shaw 274th.
Here’s a look at the rest of Toronto’s picks:
Juaron Watts-Brown
Round: 3
Pick: 89
Age: 21
School: Oklahoma State
Position: Pitcher
Throws: Right
Height: Six-foot-three | Weight: 190 lbs
Scouting grades (Per MLB Pipeline): Fastball: 50 | Curveball: 55 | Slider: 60 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 45 | Overall: 50
2023 Stats: G: 17 | W-L: 6-5 | ERA: 5.03 | IP: 82.1 | SO: 124 | BB: 48
Landen Maroudis
Round: 4
Pick: 121
Age: 18
School: Calvary Christian HS (Fla.)
Commitment: North Carolina State
Position: Pitcher
Throws: Right
Height: Six-foot-three | Weight: 190 lbs
Scouting grades (Per MLB Pipeline): Fastball: 55 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 50 | Overall: 50
2023 Stats: G: 13 | W-L: 8-1 | ERA: 2.07 | IP: 54.0 | SO: 86 | BB: 10
Connor O’Halloran
Round: 5
Pick: 157
Age: 20
School: University of Michigan
Position: Pitcher
Throws: Left
Height: Six-foot-two | Weight: 190 lbs
Scouting grades (Per MLB Pipeline): Fastball: 45 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 55 | Overall: 40
2023 Stats: G: 17 | W-L: 8-6 | ERA: 4.11 | IP: 103.0 | SO: 110 | BB: 26
Jace Bohrofen
Round: 6
Pick: 184
Age: 21
School: University of Arkansas
Position: Outfielder
Throws: Right | Hits: Left
Height: Six-foot-two | Weight: 205 lbs
Scouting grades (Per MLB Pipeline): Hit: 50 | Power: 55 | Run: 45 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 50
2023 Stats: G: 60 | AVG: .318 | OBP: .436 | SLG: .612 | HR: 16 | RBI: 52 | SB: 7
Nick Goodwin
Round: 7
Pick: 214
Age: 21
School: Kansas State
Position: Shortstop
Throws: Right | Hits: Right
Height: Six-foot-one | Weight: 205 lbs
Scouting grades (Per MLB Pipeline): Hit: 45 | Power: 45 | Run: 45 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 40
2023 Stats: G: 59 | AVG: .285 | OBP: .394 | SLG: .511 | HR: 12 | RBI: 57 | SB: 13
Braden Berry
Round: 8
Pick: 244
Age: 21
School: West Virginia
Position: Outfielder
Throws: Right | Hits: Right
Height: Six-foot-four | Weight: 190 lbs
Scouting grades (Per MLB Pipeline): N/A
2023 Stats: G: 60 | AVG: .290 | OBP: .383 | SLG: .511 | HR: 8 | RBI: 44 | SB: 24
Sam Shaw
Round: 9
Pick: 274
Age: 18
School: Lambrick Park SS (B.C.)
Position: Shortstop
Throws: Right | Hits: Left
Height: Five-foot-ten | Weight: 180 lbs
Scouting grades (Per MLB Pipeline): N/A
2023 Stats: N/A
Josh Mollerus
Round: 10
Pick: 304
Age: 23
School: University of Oregon
Position: Pitcher
Throws: Right
Height: Six-foot-three | Weight: 215 lbs
Scouting grades (Per MLB Pipeline): N/A
2023 Stats: G: 28 | SV: 11 | ERA: 3.44 | IP: 36.2 | SO: 50 | BB: 18
Four additional Canadians were selected on Monday, joining O’Halloran, Shaw and the Oakland Athletics’ 39th-overall pick Myles Naylor — who was taken on the first day of the draft.
The Boston Red Sox selected Burlington, Ont.’s Matt Duffy 115th overall. Duffy is a right-handed pitcher from Canisius College in Buffalo.
Avery Owusu-Asiedu was the next Canadian off the board, going to the Philadelphia Phillies with the 283rd-overall pick. Owusu-Asiedu hails from Saskatoon, Sask. and attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The next two players selected from north of the border went back-to-back, with White Rock, B.C.’s Matt Wilkinson going to the Cleveland Guardians 308th and Saint-Joseph-De-Bauce, Que.’s Pier Olivier Boucher going 309th to the Atlanta Braves.