Bailey-Jay Cooke

Bailey-Jay Cooke, also listed as Bjay Cooke, is an Australian baseball infielder from Perth, Western Australia. He is a right-handed batter and thrower who has been associated with the Oakland Athletics organisation and has played primarily as a shortstop, with some records also listing second base and relief pitching. The supplied provider identity matches the publicly documented player through name, birthplace, position and MLB/MiLB identification. Provider status supplied: Inactive; provider…

Bailey-Jay Cooke was born on 14 March 2003 in Perth, Western Australia. He developed through the Western Australian baseball system and represented Australia at junior level, including selection for the Australian Under-15 team at the 2018 World Cup in Panama. He was also listed in the 2019 Senior League Baseball World Series as a right-handed player who could contribute at pitcher, outfield and shortstop. Cooke signed with the Oakland Athletics as a free agent on 2 May 2022 and began his affiliated professional career in the Athletics’ Arizona Complex League programme. His early professional record identified him primarily as a shortstop, while Baseball-Reference also lists second base and relief pitcher among his positions. He later appeared in the Athletics’ lower-level system, including the Stockton Ports, and was listed in Australian Baseball League material as an infielder connected with the Oakland Athletics. Cooke has also been included in Australian national-team and professional-player coverage, including Australia’s under-23 programme. The supplied provider record identifies him as an MLB shortstop from Perth with inactive status; no verified current MLB Major League roster placement was found.