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Vancouver Sun
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
The Toronto Blue Jays' #2 prospect is set to join their #1 prospect on the Vancouver Canadians: Report
The Vancouver Canadians already feature Toronto Blue Jays' No. 1 prospect, Arjun Nimmala. Now, apparently, the No. 2-ranked Trey Yesavage is on his way to join the Nat Bailey Stadium crew. There's been no official word from the C's as of yet, but Blue Jays reporter Keegan Matheson at writes that the Blue Jays are promoting fireballing pitcher Yesavage from the single-A Dunedin Blue Jays to high-A Vancouver, along with fellow right-handers Khal Stephen and Gage Stanifer. Yesavage, 21, who was Toronto's first-round pick (No. 20 overall) in last summer's entry draft, last pitched Tuesday for Dunedin. The Blue Jays would undoubtedly want to keep him on the same routine. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. The C's are wrapping up a series with the Everett AquaSox on Sunday at the Nat. They start a six-game road set with the Eugene Emeralds on Tuesday, and then are back at the Nat for six against the Hillsboro Hops starting May 27 . Yesavage would start that night, assuming he's kept on his current schedule. The #BlueJays are promoting one of Single-A's most dominant pitching trios to Vancouver, led by No. 2 prospect Trey Yesavage. Full story on the news: Nimmala, 19, is a right-handed hitting shortstop who was Toronto's first-round pick (No. 20 overall) in 2023 and he has been superb so far for Vancouver, despite being one of the younger players in the Northwest League. Nimmala went into Sunday's doubleheader against the AquaSox hitting .277, with seven home runs and 18 runs batted in, through 32 games. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Yesavage has a fastball that sits at 93-95 miles per hour and peaks at 98. The speculation all season has been that the Blue Jays would bump him up to Vancouver once the weather here started to warm up. He's dominated through seven starts at Dunedin, striking out 55 while walking just eight in 33 and one-third innings. He's gone 3-0 there, with a 2.43 earned run average. Yesavage received a $4.18 million signing bonus from the Blue Jays. Nimmala's signing bonus was $3 million. The top 10 pitching prospects according to the Formulated Consensus! 1. Trey Yesavage 2. Chase Burns 3. Jonah Tong 4. Gage Jump 5. Bubba Chandler 6. Sean Linan 7. Carlos Lagrange 8. Logan Henderson 9. Wei-En Lin 10. Jacob Misiorowski Join StS for more! Stephen, 22, is Toronto's No. 10-ranked prospect. He was 3-0, with a 2.06 ERA, in eight appearances with Dunedin, including seven starts. Stanifer, 21, has been Dunedin's closer. He's 4-0, with an 0.69 earned run average and two saves in seven appearances. MLB Pipeline has Nimmala and Yesavage in those top two positions among Blue Jays prospects. Vancouver's leading player on MLB Pipeline's Toronto list to finish last season was lefty Kendry Rojas, who came in at No. 12. When 2023 came to a close, righty Dahian Santos led Vancouver players on the MLB Pipeline rating of Blue Jay up and comers, slotted at No. 11. Nimmala comes in at No. 59 and No. 71 in MLB Pipeline's updated top-100 rankings for the entire minor leagues. The C's likely haven't had prospects of this ilk since lefty Ricky Tiedemann did an eight-game turn with Vancouver in 2022. He was Toronto's No. 6 prospect when he arrived in May. By July, he had jumped to No. 3 in the Toronto system and No. 63 in the minors. He had entered the top-100 minors list at No. 100 on May 31. He made his last start with Vancouver on July 8 and then was promoted to the double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Vancouver has been a Toronto farm team since 2011. They moved from the short-season, single-A level to high-A when Major League Baseball rejigged the minors during the COVID-19 pandemic break in 2020. SEwen@ @SteveEwen
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Report: The Toronto Blue Jays' No. 2-rated prospect is set to join the Vancouver Canadians
The Vancouver Canadians already feature Toronto Blue Jays' No. 1 prospect, Arjun Nimmala. Now, apparently, the No. 2-ranked Trey Yesavage is on his way to join the Nat Bailey Stadium crew. There's been no official word from the C's as of yet, but Blue Jays reporter Keegan Matheson at writes that the Blue Jays are promoting fireballing pitcher Yesavage from the single-A Dunedin Blue Jays to high-A Vancouver, along with fellow right-handers Khal Stephen and Gage Stanifer. Yesavage, 21, who was Toronto's first-round pick (No. 20 overall) in last summer's entry draft, last pitched Tuesday for Dunedin. The Blue Jays would undoubtedly want to keep him on the same routine. The C's are wrapping up a series with the Everett AquaSox on Sunday at the Nat. They start a six-game road set with the Eugene Emeralds on Tuesday, and then are back at the Nat for six against the Hillsboro Hops starting May 27. Yesavage would start that night, assuming he's kept on his current schedule. Nimmala, 19, is a right-handed hitting shortstop who was Toronto's first-round pick (No. 20 overall) in 2023 and he has been superb so far for Vancouver, despite being one of the younger players in the Northwest League. Nimmala went into Sunday's doubleheader against the AquaSox hitting .277, with seven home runs and 18 runs batted in, through 32 games. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Yesavage has a fastball that sits at 93-95 miles per hour and peaks at 98. The speculation all season has been that the Blue Jays would bump him up to Vancouver once the weather here started to warm up. He's dominated through seven starts at Dunedin, striking out 55 while walking just eight in 33 and one-third innings. He's gone 3-0 there, with a 2.43 earned run average. Yesavage received a $4.18 million signing bonus from the Blue Jays. Nimmala's signing bonus was $3 million. Stephen, 22, is Toronto's No. 10-ranked prospect. He was 3-0, with a 2.06 ERA, in eight appearances with Dunedin, including seven starts. Stanifer, 21, has been Dunedin's closer. He's 4-0, with an 0.69 earned run average and two saves in seven appearances. MLB Pipeline has Nimmala and Yesavage in those top two positions among Blue Jays prospects. Vancouver's leading player on MLB Pipeline's Toronto list to finish last season was lefty Kendry Rojas, who came in at No. 12. When 2023 came to a close, righty Dahian Santos led Vancouver players on the MLB Pipeline rating of Blue Jay up and comers, slotted at No. 11. Nimmala comes in at No. 59 and No. 71 in MLB Pipeline's updated top-100 rankings for the entire minor leagues. The C's likely haven't had prospects of this ilk since lefty Ricky Tiedemann did an eight-game turn with Vancouver in 2022. He was Toronto's No. 6 prospect when he arrived in May. By July, he had jumped to No. 3 in the Toronto system and No. 63 in the minors. He had entered the top-100 minors list at No. 100 on May 31. He made his last start with Vancouver on July 8 and then was promoted to the double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Vancouver has been a Toronto farm team since 2011. They moved from the short-season, single-A level to high-A when Major League Baseball rejigged the minors during the COVID-19 pandemic break in 2020. SEwen@ @SteveEwen Mariners switch pitching prospect brings 90 MPH fastballs from both sides to Nat Bailey Vancouver Canadians: Meet shortstop Arjun Nimmala. He's South-Asian proud, and he's belting homers
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Why the Blue Jays are so high on top prospect Arjun Nimmala: 'He's got a bright future'
Why the Blue Jays are so high on top prospect Arjun Nimmala: 'He's got a bright future' He is still 19 years old and thus years away from being considered a potential solution for the Blue Jays ongoing offensive woes. But even with that delayed flight plan for the franchise's No. 1-rated prospect to soar in the big leagues, it's near impossible not to get excited about the accelerated development of Arjun Nimmala. The teenage phenom remains the brightest light in the Jays system — and it may not even be close. Settling in nicely in his first move up the organizational ladder with the Vancouver Canadians, Nimmala certainly has thrived in his first pro exposure north of the border. He has rocked six home runs through his first 22 games, more than any player at any level in the Toronto organization, including the Blue Jays. It's little consolation for the immediate travails of the big club, but the 20th-overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft has done nothing but impress since a brief reset shortly after debuting at the lowest level a year ago. ADVERTISEMENT 'The biggest thing for me with Arjun is the adjustment he made,' Jays general manager Ross Atkins said recently. 'I don't see that too often, when someone struggles and then makes a significant adjustment. Was comfortable pulling him out of competition to do so and came right back into the fold.' It was then that the benefits of the Jays player development complex in Dunedin became centre stage for an incredibly talented and bright young prospect to find his way back on an upward trajectory in relatively short order. And a reset session at the facility a year ago not only helped fix Nimmala's technical struggles, but allowed the Jays to gain further insight into his ability beyond the obvious bat-to-ball skills. After his first 29 games with the Dunedin Blue Jays in 2024, Nimmala was batting a meagre .167 with an arresting 43 strikeouts. Rather than let him work through those struggles during games, they placed the teenager on the development list and sent him to the complex where he made adjustments and recalibrated. Upon his return, Nimmala was a different player and he has never looked back. ADVERTISEMENT Through his first 24 games with the Canadians this year, Nimmala is hitting .283 with six homers, six doubles and 13 RBI. That seamless transition to the next level of the minors is just the latest step by the young shortstop. So what makes him so impressive? 'It's his cognitive ability,' Atkins said. 'The intellect and his ability to use his brain to impact his baseball skills are the things that stand out to me.' His work has been so impressive that it must be tempting to further hasten Nimmala's progress. But he's listed as the youngest player in the Northwest League, a further testament to what Nimmala has accomplished thus far. It's possible that he progresses faster than the average position player, but it also is clear that the Jays won't rush him to make any of it happen. That said, the maturity Nimmala has shown since being drafted is just another of the qualities that have impressed his employers. ADVERTISEMENT 'Very anecdotal and very subjective, but I've met a lot of first-round picks in my career and there's a pretty traditional meeting between a GM and a first-round pick,' Atkins said. 'They come in for their physical, there's a little bit of media around them and there's a lot of spotlight on them. 'And I'm now 30 years in, I've seen at least 30 of them, and he's one of the best I've ever seen in just handling that situation with a level of maturity and intellectual ability. 'He's got a bright future.' Beyond what he has done through the two lowest levels of the minors — as encouragingly eye-catching as it has been — the team has given Nimmala a taste of the big-league environment during spring training. ADVERTISEMENT In his 10 at-bats over six Grapefruit League games this past spring, Nimmala had a pair of hits — a home run and a double. More important than the results, however, was the way Nimmala handled his immersion in that environment was impressive. 'You saw it in spring training, where nothing ever sped up on him,' Atkins said. 'So to see that on that stage when Bo (Bichette) and Vladdy (Guerrero Jr.) and (manager John Schneider) are watching, that's encouraging.' And in the eyes of some, surely tantalizing for a player still three levels away from the big-league team that statistically has one of the worst offences in the major leagues.
Edmonton Journal
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
Why the Blue Jays are so high on top prospect Arjun Nimmala: 'He's got a bright future'
Article content Settling in nicely in his first move up the organizational ladder with the Vancouver Canadians, Nimmala certainly has thrived in his first pro exposure north of the border. He has rocked six home runs through his first 22 games, more than any player at any level in the Toronto organization, including the Blue Jays. It's little consolation for the immediate travails of the big club, but the 20th-overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft has done nothing but impress since a brief reset shortly after debuting at the lowest level a year ago. 'The biggest thing for me with Arjun is the adjustment he made,' Jays general manager Ross Atkins said recently. 'I don't see that too often, when someone struggles and then makes a significant adjustment. Was comfortable pulling him out of competition to do so and came right back into the fold.' It was then that the benefits of the Jays player development complex in Dunedin became centre stage for an incredibly talented and bright young prospect to find his way back on an upward trajectory in relatively short order. And a reset session at the facility a year ago not only helped fix Nimmala's technical struggles, but allowed the Jays to gain further insight into his ability beyond the obvious bat-to-ball skills.
New Indian Express
01-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Take up Budameru Canal repairs immediately: Andhra Pradesh Minister
VIJAYAWADA: With the finalisation of tenders for repairing three breaches in the Budameru Canal caused by severe floods last year, Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu has directed officials to commence work without delay and ensure completion before the onset of the monsoon season. Chairing a review meeting at the Secretariat on Wednesday, Nimmala stressed the urgency of flood preparedness and the modernisation of the Budameru Canal, along with progress on the Polavaram Left Canal. During the meeting, Nimmala instructed the officials to evolve an action plan to increase the discharge capacity of the Budameru Diversion Canal to 37,500 cusecs by completing pending works. A detailed project report has been sought to channel floodwaters through Kolleru and Upputeru into the sea. He also proposed constructing a parallel channel with a 10,000-cusec capacity to complement the existing Budameru Old Channel. To bolster flood control efforts, Nimmala also asked the officials to script proposals under the Disaster Management framework with the Centre's assistance, ensuring coordination among the Revenue, Municipal, and Disaster Management Departments. A report will be submitted to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. On the Polavaram Left Canal, the Water Resources Minister expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of manpower and machinery at construction sites, insisting that work be completed by June. ENC M Venkateswara Rao, senior engineers, agency representatives, and department officials were present.
