INF Ty Doucette, 10th round (294th) – Cincinnati Reds - Signed $157,500

Hometown: Dartmouth, N.S.

Born: Halifax, NS

Height/Weight: 6’ 2” 205 lbs.

Bats/Throws: L-R.

Teams: Rutgers University.

Coach: Steve Owens.

Slot $196,600

Scout: John Ceprini

Ceprini’s activity north of the border: Working for the Tampa Bay Rays he signed the top Canuck in 2008, RHP Brad Furdal (Ancaster, Ont.) of the Terriers in the 11th round.

Previous Teams: Dartmouth Mooseheads, Junior National Team, TNXL Academy. Okotoks Dawgs.

Previous Coaches: Chris Head, Greg Hamilton, Brian Martinez, Jeff Duda, Tyler Hollick, Val Helldobler.

Rankings: Baseball America’s top pre-season college player in New Jersey.

Good genes: Mom Alana, dad Darren, drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 25th round of the 1992 draft from Ulster County Community College ... Played three seasons with class-A Hamilton Redbirds, class-A Savannah Cardinals and class-A Madison Hatters hitting 18 home runs ... Then four seasons with the Adirondack Lumberjacks in the independent Northeast League hitting 40 home runs ... Brother Mitchell is in his first season at Sussex Community College.

2025 spring with Rutgers: Hit .350 with 10 doubles, 13 homers and 54 RBIs ... Had a .988 OPS in 57 games ... Ended season on 12-game hitting streak, with at least one home run in final seven Big Ten weekends ... Was 5-for-9 in Big Ten Tournament with a home run in win over Indiana and three RBIs ... Batted 5-for-12 at Maryland with a home run, four RBIs, three runs and four walks (5/15-17) ... Had a similar series against Penn State going 5-for-13 with a home run and five runs scored ... Was 6-for-11 in a sweep of Illinois with a home run, two doubles, five RBIs and four runs scored ... Another five-hit weekend facing Ohio State - 5-for-14 with a home run, six RBIs and six runs scored ... Had multiple hits and an RBI in all three games at Nebraska, going 7-for-13 with a home run, five RBIs and two runs scored ... Went 4-for-11 against Washington with five runs scored and two RBIs ... Slammed go-ahead three-run homer at No. 9 Oregon in Saturday win, driving in four and scoring three times in series ... Was 6-for-11 against Cal Baptist, scoring a pair of runs ... Homered in both midweek games at Penn and against Wagner, driving in four runs total ... Went 4-for-11 at Coastal Carolina with two home runs in Game 2, scoring three runs in the series ... Was 6-for-19 at Grand Canyon with two doubles, six RBIs and six runs scored.

Nova Scotia bred: Ty Doucette is the 18th player drafted from Nova Scotia, since the draft began in 1985

Honours: 2025 with Rutgers _ Baseball America’s best pre-season college player in the state of New Jersey ... 2024 with Rutgers _ Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for his three home runs and 10 RBIs.

2024 spring with Rutgers _ Hit .321 with 11 doubles, nine homers and 49 RBIs ... Had a .944 OPS in 44 games ... Second on the team in home runs and RBIs despite missing 10 games with injury ... His batting average was fourth on team ... A teammate of former Scarlet Knight Hugh Pinkney (Etobicoke, Ont.) ... Was 2-for-5 in Game 2 against Ohio State with a home run and two RBIs ... Drove in three runs in Game 1 at Penn State ... Facing Maryland was 4-for-11 with a double and three RBIs ... Was 6-for-12 with three doubles and two RBIs at Indiana ... Went deep in back-to-back games at Iowa, driving in five runs in the series ... Was 2-for-5 with a three-run home run and two runs scored at Seton Hall ... Was 4-for-9 with hits in all three games against Purdue ... Went 4-for-11 with four RBIs and two doubles against UConn ... Had a series to remember facing Delaware going 8-for-11 with three home runs, 10 RBIs and five runs scored at Delaware ... Returned from injury and his first career home run against High Point ... Was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Game 1 against Winthrop.

2023 summer with Dartmouth Mooseheads, Nova Scotia senior league _ Batted .433 with league-best nine home runs, 23 RBIs and zero strikeouts in 18 games.

2021 summer with Okotoks Dawgs _ Batted .316 with a home run, 24 RBIs, 22 walks and an .855 OPS in 19 games.

Baseball America

Pre-season

Ty Doucette, 1B, Rutgers

Rutgers first baseman Doucette impressed throughout his freshman year in 2024 when he slashed .321/.388/.556 and ranked second on his team with nine home runs and 49 RBIs despite missing 10 games due to injury. Doucette has a chance to make a considerable impact for the Scarlet Knights, who are searching for their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007.