Baseball: 2019 Rock Falls grad Jay Schueler signs with Toronto Blue Jays as undrafted free agent

Jay Schueler, a 2019 Rock Falls grad, signed a contract as a free agent with the MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday after he went undrafted. Schueler attended Parkland College for three years [including a COVID-19 year] before heading to Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida.

He had been playing with the Okotoks Dawgs, a summer collegiate baseball team in Alberta, Canada.

The 6-foot-3, right-handed pitcher appeared in nine games as a reliever his junior season and finished with a 2.35 ERA. He struck out 15 in 7 2/3 innings pitched, holding batters to a .179 average.

Schueler helped Rock Falls to a 34-2 record his senior year and was the Big Northern Conference MVP and a first-team selection.

His dad, Joseph, played college and semi-professional baseball.