Blue Jays Nation’s 2026 Pre-Season Prospect Countdown

Blue Jays Nation’s 2026 Pre-Season Prospect Countdown – No. 26: Cutter Coffey

The Toronto Blue Jays had a rough 2024, but that year’s trade deadline has positioned them well for the future. Cutter Coffey is the first prospect we’ll cover in the 2026 pre-season list who was acquired by the Blue Jays ahead of the 2024 trade deadline.

This is Blue Jays Nation’s bi-annual prospect ranking, where we’ll look at the top 35 prospects in the system in the month of February. As always, I’ll look at the player’s stats, what other publications have to say, as well as my own observations of the players. If you missed the 27th-ranked prospect, you can read about Jared Spencer here.

Getting to know Cutter Coffey…

Position: Infield

Bats: Right

Born: May 21st, 2004

Acquired: Trade with Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox selected Coffey in the second round of the 2022 draft out of Liberty High School in Bakersfield, California. A two-way play at the time of the draft, Coffey ended up hitting and slashed .125/.300/.156 with no home runs in 40 plate appearances to end the 2022 season.

His first full season in the big leagues was in 2023, beginning the year in Single-A. Over 81 games, the infielder slashed .226/.341/.348 with six home runs in 349 plate appearances for a 97 wRC+. At the end of the season, Coffey got a cup of coffee in High-A, but was rather unremarkable.

The 21-year-old didn’t have a great end to his 2024 season, slashing just .185/.309/.272 with one home run in 97 plate appearances. Like the year prior, Coffey spent his entire 2025 season in High-A, slashing .273/.359/.427 with 11 home runs in 440 plate appearances for a 119 wRC+. Moreover, Coffey had a 10.7 BB% and 22.7 K%, the latter being a career-best.

Heading into the 2026 season, Coffey ranked as Fangraphs’ 27th-best Blue Jays prospect, given a 20-grade current hit tool and a 30-grade future hit tool, below-average game power and above-average raw power. It notes that Coffey struggles against down and away breaking balls, which is true, but his current hit tool grade of 20 is a bit of an exaggeration. Not only did he hit .273 last season, but pitch detection is something that can improve, and it also proves that he can hit fastballs, something that is very important.

Defensively, he’ll probably play third base as he has an above-average arm (hence why he was a pitcher in high school). He also has the power to play the hot corner, but his pitch recognition will need to improve once hitting Double-A, which he could do as soon as next season.

Getting to know Cutter Coffey…

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