Blue Jays Select Cooney in Third Round
07/11/26 | Baseball
EUGENE, Ore. – The Toronto Blue Jays selected Oregon infielder Ryan Cooney in the third round on day one of the Major League Baseball Draft on Saturday.
Cooney was the 103rd overall pick, the sixth highest selection of a position player in the modern era of Oregon Baseball. He was picked 11 spots higher than Mason Neviille, who went 114th overall to the Cincinnati Reds in last year's draft, and three spots behind Ryon Healy, the 100th-overall pick in 2013 draft. He is also the 11th-highest Ducks' draft pick in the modern era, behind first-round picks Tyler Anderson (2011) and David Peterson (2017); second-round picks Aaron Zavala (2021), Ryne Nelson (2019), Josh Kasevich (2022) and Madison Boer (2011); and third-round picks Spencer Steer (2019), Sabin Ceballos (2023), Healy, and Garrett Cleavinger (2015).
Cooney is the second Ducks' player selected by the Blue Jays and is the fifth Oregon player picked in the third round of the MLB Draft.
Ryan Cooney, JR, SS (Toronto Blue Jays, 3rd Round, 103rd Overall Pick)
Cooney was the 103rd overall pick, the sixth highest selection of a position player in the modern era of Oregon Baseball. He was picked 11 spots higher than Mason Neviille, who went 114th overall to the Cincinnati Reds in last year's draft, and three spots behind Ryon Healy, the 100th-overall pick in 2013 draft. He is also the 11th-highest Ducks' draft pick in the modern era, behind first-round picks Tyler Anderson (2011) and David Peterson (2017); second-round picks Aaron Zavala (2021), Ryne Nelson (2019), Josh Kasevich (2022) and Madison Boer (2011); and third-round picks Spencer Steer (2019), Sabin Ceballos (2023), Healy, and Garrett Cleavinger (2015).
Cooney is the second Ducks' player selected by the Blue Jays and is the fifth Oregon player picked in the third round of the MLB Draft.
Ryan Cooney, JR, SS (Toronto Blue Jays, 3rd Round, 103rd Overall Pick)
- Second Oregon player ever drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays
- 11th-highest MLB Draft pick of an Oregon player in the modern era
- Sixth-highest Oregon position player picked in the modern era (Aaron Zavala – No. 38 in 2021, Josh Kasevich – No. 60 in 2022, Spencer Steer – No. 90 in 2019, Sabin Ceballos – No. 97 in 2023, Ryon Healy – No. 100 in 2013)
- 78th Duck drafted since 2009
- 2026 Just Baseball Second-Team All-America
- 2026 ABCA/Rawlings Second-Team All-Region - West
- 2026 Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2026 Second-Team All-Big Ten Conference
- 2025 First-Team All-Big Ten Conference
- 3x Big Ten Conference Player of the Week
- Baseball American National Team of the Week
- Las Vegas College Baseball All-Tournament Team
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