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With the draft wrapped up, here are the Toronto Blue Jays' selections for picks 11-20.
Round 11. Brayden Martin, 3B, Maryland
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Brayden Martin at 342nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Martin is a third baseman out of the University of Maryland. In his junior season, he slashed .352/.488/.449, struck out just 20 times, while walking more than double that with 56 free passes. He only had two home runs, 13 doubles, and one triple, giving him 60 singles for the season. Reports have been circulating that he had a 96% contact rate this past season, an absurd number at any level.
Martin stands at 5-foot-10 and is listed at 175 pounds, leaving little room to fill out or allow for any future power projection. He should be a big-time contact guy at the plate, someone who should be able to do all of the little things to help a team win. He should be more of a prototypical second baseman, two-hole type of hitter.
Round 12. Santiago Garcia, P, LSU
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Santiago Garcia at 372nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Garcia is a relief pitcher out of Louisiana State University. In 2026, he threw 22.2 innings, had a 5.96 ERA, a 1.588 WHIP, a 32.7 strikeout rate, and a 15.9% walk rate. During the Cape Cod League, he was used as a starting pitcher and fared much better, with a 2.35 ERA. Baseball America said he is able to compensate well for his undersized frame by pitching from some unique angles. They had his fastball in the 88-90 mph range while in the Cape Cod League, with his best secondary pitch being a 79-81 mph curveball. According to them, he also showed a changeup and slider, both of which were not up to the level of his curveball.
It is still unclear what role the Blue Jays intend to use Garcia, but he will have to improve his pitch arsenal if there are any plans to have him work as a starter. Initial reactions tend to see him working as a relief pitcher who could have success due to his awkward pitch angles from the left side. If his control and velocity can tick up some, he could find success as a starter, though.
Round 13. Mathis Nayral, SP, Kansas
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Mathis Nayral at 402nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Garcia is a starting pitcher out of the University of Kansas. He only pitched in one season for the Jayhawks, throwing 69 innings in 2026. In his 18 games (18 starts), he had an ERA of 4.96, a WHIP of 1.435, a 22.8% strikeout rate, and a 9% walk rate.
Nayral is an international player, being born and raised in France, before coming over to play at Kansas. Reports have him with a four-pitch mix, including a fastball in the low to mid-90s. He seems like the perfect project for the Blue Jays farm factory to work with him and get him to a more elite starting pitcher level.
Round 14. Connor Kelley, P, Texas-San Antonio
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Connor Kelley at 432nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Kelley is a pitcher out of Texas-San Antonio. In 2026, he pitched both as a starter and a relief pitcher. In 20 games (five starts), he amassed 66.1 innings, has an ERA of 2.98, a WHIP of 1.131, a strikeout rate of 26.7, and a walk rate of 8.1%.
Kelley could be more of a relief pitcher mold, as he has hit in the upper 90s with his fastball. If Toronto can get a tick or two more out of him, he might turn into a late-inning demon that they so desperately need.
Round 15. Oliver de la Torre, P, California
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Oliver de la Torre at 462nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. De la Torre is a pitcher from the University of California. In 2026, he threw the third most innings in the ACC, topping out at 81.1 innings. He started 14 games and had a 3.76 ERA, a 1.143 WHIP, a 21.2% strikeout rate, and a walk rate of 6.8%.
De la Torre is more of a fastball/changeup pitcher right now, which should bode well for his development. If he can improve his breaking ball, he will have a great foundation for a starting pitcher. His changeup though will most likely remain his biggest weapon, in 2025 the pitch had a 48.8% whiff rate.
Round 16. Carson Cormier, P, Illinois State
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Carson Cormier at 492nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Cormier is a pitcher out of Illinois State. He pitched out of the bullpen and as a starter in 2026, making 10 starts out of his 16 appearances. He threw 69 innings, had an ERA of 4.17, a WHIP of 1.377, a strikeout rate of 25.1%, and a walk rate of 4.1%.
Cormier has shown he will throw strikes and can keep the walks to an extreme minimum. With his large 6-foot-6, 235-pound frame, Toronto might be able to get a boost out of his fastball and gyro slider. If they can, he has a frame to eat innings and go deep into games.
Round 17. Landon Waters, RP, Mississippi
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Landon Waters at 522nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Waters is a pitcher out of the University of Mississippi. In 2026, he pitched entirely out of the bullpen, throwing 24 innings in 24 games. He had an ERA of three, a WHIP of 1.417, a strikeout rate of 24%, and walked 11.5% of the batters he faced.
Waters uses three pitches: a fastball close to the mid-90s, a cutter, and a slider. With him having success as a relief pitcher in the SEC, there is hope he could move more quickly than other pitchers, but he will need to show an improved fastball to be anything other than a middle reliever.
Round 18. Jake McCoy, P, South Carolina
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Jake McCoy at 552nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. McCoy is a pitcher out of the University of South Carolina. MLB Pipeline had this to say about him
“Though McCoy recorded a 7.11 ERA in his first two seasons at South Carolina, a brief but dominant stint in the Cape Cod League last summer left some evaluators wondering if he might be the best college left-hander in the 2026 Draft. He struck out 25 of the 54 Cape batters he faced while issuing just three walks in three starts. He has the stuff and metrics to back up that performance and will have to show that he can sustain it, but he won't get the chance to do so this year after blowing out his elbow in January and requiring Tommy John surgery.
McCoy's fastball gained a couple of ticks of velocity on the Cape, parking at 94-95 mph and peaking at 98 with natural cutting action. He also threw a nasty mid-80s slider with plenty of sweep and mixed in some true cutters at 87-91 mph. He doesn't have much trust in a fading upper-80s changeup that he struggles to locate.
McCoy's low three-quarters arm slot and resulting low release height create pitches with an unusual combination of velocity and shapes that are hard for hitters to deal with. He lacks size, has effort in his delivery, and doesn't have much track record of success or strikes, so he might be more of a reliever than a starter. He looked like he could pitch in the front half of a rotation while on the Cape, and he has the arsenal for a high-leverage role if he does wind up in the bullpen.”
I think with how the draft has gone for Toronto, they will make McCoy a large offer, well, probably along the lines of a second or third round pick, to try and keep him from returning to South Carolina. If they are able to pry him away from his college commitment, he might be one of the steals of the draft.
Round 19. Cole Travers, SS, St. Neumann HS
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Santiago Garcia at 582nd overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Travers is a shortstop out of St. Neumann HS.
Similar to Jake McCoy, except a sizable offer is going to him to keep him from heading to college.
20. Eddie Rosado Jr., OF, Holy Ghost Prep School
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Eddie Rosado Jr. at 612th overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. Rosado Jr. is a outfielder out of Holy Ghost Prep High School.
Listed at 6-foot and 180 pounds, Rosado Jr. can add some muscle to his build as he gets further out from high school. He will be another player with uncertainty as to their signability, but will the Blue Jays draft, you'd have to think they would have enough money to keep him from going to college and starting his pro career.
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