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Toronto Star
18 hours ago
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- Toronto Star
Trey Yesavage, the Blue Jays' top pitching prospect, is one step away from Toronto
The Blue Jays ' top prospect is one step closer to the big leagues; Trey Yesavage has been called up to Buffalo. The 22-year-old right-handed pitcher, the Jays' first-round draft pick out of East Carolina University just last year and ranked No. 1 in the system by MLB Pipeline, will report to Triple-A this week. His latest promotion was announced on the Bisons' social media channels Monday.
New York Times
a day ago
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- New York Times
Blue Jays to promote prospect Trey Yesavage to Triple A, could be factor down the stretch: Sources
A year ago, Trey Yesavage sat in the Toronto Blue Jays home dugout for the first time. He walked through the Rogers Centre weight room and big-league clubhouse, admiring the facilities he one day hoped to use. The young pitcher grinned as cameras flanked him in the dugout, looking around in awe. Yesavage is now one call away from walking back into those big-league facilities and home dugout. The Jays' top pitching prospect will be promoted to Triple-A Buffalo this week, a league source confirmed. With Toronto (69-50) fighting for playoff seeding in the final weeks of the 2025 season, Yesavage is now a call-up away from contributing to Toronto's pennant chase. Advertisement The 2024 first-round pick entered the year second in Keith Law's ranking of Blue Jays prospects. At the end of May, he ranked as the sixth-best right-handed pitching prospect in all of baseball and the 47th-overall prospect. Going into the 2024 MLB Draft, Law noted Yesavage was one of the most major-league ready arms in the class. Starting his first professional season in Low-A Dunedin, Yesavage has now earned three promotions in five months, pushing to the top of Toronto's farm. Utilizing a funky arm slot and a four-pitch mix — including a plus fastball, slider and splitter — the 22-year-old struck out 134 batters in his first 80 2/3 minor-league innings. He owns the third-most strikeouts in all of minor-league baseball. Yesavage experienced a slight command dip when promoted to Double A in June, walking seven batters in his first 6 2/3 innings, but has walked just four over the following six outings. He took three weeks off from game action around the 2025 All-Star break. The pause slowed the righty's rising workload, which should allow him to pitch through the end of the season without reaching an innings cap, league sources said. In early August, Blue Jays manager John Schneider mentioned Yesavage, alongside lefty Adam Macko, as a potential big-league pitching option down the stretch. 'I think Yesavage could (factor in),' Schneider said. 'I know he's not on the 40-man, but I think he could.' With five healthy starters in the big-league rotation and Shane Bieber and Alek Manoah working back from Tommy John surgeries at the top of Toronto's system, the Jays' starting pitching depth appears to be in a good place. However, Yesavage came out of the bullpen for the first time in his professional career last week, throwing five innings of relief with nine strikeouts at New Hampshire. That flexibility could position Yesavage to fill any role for Toronto in the final weeks of the season. He's already moved up three levels this season and now sits on the cusp of his big-league debut. Spot the pattern. Connect the terms Find the hidden link between sports terms Play today's puzzle
New York Times
17-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Trey Yesavage pitching his way into Blue Jays' 2025 plans: ‘Darn near ready-made'
Trey Yesavage's day was almost over. He'd surpassed 100 pitches and his velocity was starting to tick down. There was a question whether he would even start the 2024 NCAA Regional contest against Wake Forest, thanks to a partially punctured lung suffered two weeks earlier. But Yesavage was through seven innings, outdueling future No. 2 pick Chase Burns, and now he was staring at the manager walking toward him. Advertisement When East Carolina manager Cliff Godwin began down the dugout to take out his ace, Yesavage waved him off, a blank stare on his face. He wasn't coming out. 'There's certain guys and moments when you go, 'OK man,'' Godwin said. 'I'm gonna sit back down.' It was clear to Godwin that the regional elimination game was a moment to make an exception, that there was no doubt Yesavage was one of those 'certain guys.' It's part of what drew the Toronto Blue Jays to the right-hander with the 20th pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. With four plus pitches and a towering release point, Yesavage has become one of the fastest risers in his draft class. After 11 career minor-league starts, the Blue Jays promoted Yesavage to Double A, and his climb may not end there. Less than a year removed from his draft, Yesavage is on a path to a big-league debut — one that could come as early as this season. 'If he continues to dominate performance-wise, in tandem with consistent routines and progress with his priority goals, then it's not out of the question,' Blue Jays player development director Joe Sclafani said. 'It's our group's job to think long term and put him in the best position to succeed, but Trey will ultimately be the driver of those decisions.' See ya 👋@BlueJays No. 2 prospect ( Trey Yesavage paints the corner for his first K in Double-A!#DestinationCats | #BeyondBaseballNH — New Hampshire Fisher Cats (@FisherCats) June 12, 2025 Yesavage's raw stuff was big-league ready the day the Jays drafted him. His fastball and splitter graded out well above average, internally, compared to big-league offerings. The slider was solid and there was hope in the curveball. Sitting in college stadiums, 100 feet behind the plate, area scout Coulson Barbiche couldn't fathom how batters stood in the box against Yesavage's tumbling deliveries. Every pitch comes out of the same point, the righty's arm reaching far above his head for the type of high release batters rarely see. Advertisement 'There's always things guys can improve upon,' Barbiche said. 'But I think he was darn near ready-made, you know, as a package.' All four of Yesavage's pitches have maintained their grades or, in the case of the curveball, significantly improved in early minors action. The offerings confounded college hitters, and minor-league batters haven't fared much better. Yesavage leads all qualified minor-league pitchers with a 43.4 percent strikeout rate. He hasn't made a start across three league levels without striking out at least one batter per inning. Yesavage posted a 2.43 ERA in seven Low-A starts, then a 1.56 mark in four outings for High A once weather stabilized in Vancouver. Meeting promotions with continued brilliance, the Blue Jays turned to more specific challenges for the 21-year-old. Work the curveball in more, a fourth pitch Toronto sees real potential in. Start reading bats and altering pitch sequences to keep batters guessing. Limit the walks, increase efficiency. How deep can you get on just 85 pitches? What about 80? Every on-field challenge comes alongside off-field expectations. After the Jays selected Yesavage in the first round, the organization told him the draft slot comes with extra attention. Other players look to his pregame routines; his side sessions can set a tone for an entire staff. The Blue Jays knew when they drafted Yesavage that he was regimented with his work and had the kind of competitive fire to pitch through a punctured lung. But he's taken both into the pro game, Sclafani said, embracing the expectations of an early pick. He was voted part of Low-A Dunedin's leadership group before the season started but has made two quick jumps since then. He may keep rising. 'I like the fact that we're being aggressive with him,' Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. 'Moving him up. I think he has the stuff to do so.' Advertisement Yesavage, who never threw more than 93 1/3 innings in college, has around 55 to 75 frames left before hitting his season workload ceiling. That may mean 10 to 12 more starts in Double A, after his four-inning, one-run debut last Thursday. Or, the outings could come for a Blue Jays' MLB roster still searching for pitching depth. 'If you threw him in the big leagues right now, he could probably compete,' Sclafani said. 'At the very least, he could probably compete.' Yesavage wouldn't be the first college pitcher on the fast track to the big leagues. Michael Wacha made his MLB debut 12 months and 106 minor-league innings after the Cardinals selected him in the first round of the 2012 draft. He went on to make five postseason starts on St. Louis' path to the 2013 World Series. More recently, the top three college arms taken in the 2023 draft all made MLB debuts with fewer than 30 minor-league starts. Five players from Yesavage's 2025 first round have already cracked the top level, but no pitcher has done so. For a Blue Jays team hoping to contend in 2025, a Yesavage debut would take a unique combination of need and progress. Toronto has pitched through an injury to Max Scherzer all season and recent struggles from Bowden Francis. A season-ending injury to Jake Bloss sapped the starting depth further. Yesavage's multiple plus pitches and unique arm slot could play in either a relief or starting role down the stretch, helping address Toronto's pitching depth. Deadline trades or a Scherzer return could also patch up the hole, but further injuries could create more gaps. So far, Yesavage has put himself in a place to potentially fill that future void. But he must continue to do so. Even with a minuscule ERA, the righty has walked 23 batters in 54 2/3 minor-league innings, including four in his Double-A debut. He hasn't completed more than five innings since May 1, in part due to pitch count and in part due to inefficiency. Yesavage has ticked many boxes in just 12 minor-league starts. If he can cross off the last few, and the Blue Jays need him, the big leagues will be waiting. 'He's definitely opened some eyes here, for sure,' Schneider said. 'The stuff is real. So we'll see how it goes at each level.'
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former ECU pitcher has been promoted to Double-A New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, NH (WNCT) — Former East Carolina pitcher Trey Yesavage has been called up to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. This comes after impressive showings in Yesavage's four starts for the Vancouver Canadiens. The former Pirate has been dominate since arriving in the Blue Jays' system, accumulating a 2.13 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 50.2 innings pitched. According to multiple reports, it is likely Yesavage will start on the mound for the Fisher Cats later in the week. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Stock Watch: Trey Yesavage, Luis Peña, Gage Jump headline latest risers
With just over one quarter of the 2025 season in the books the most challenging question facing dynasty managers is how to value Roki Sasaki from a ranking standpoint. The 23-year-old sensation arrived in Los Angeles earlier this year as one of the most ballyhooed international prospects in a generation and checked in at 24th overall in Rotoworld's Opening Day dynasty rankings update. His stateside debut didn't exactly go to plan as he struggled to a calamitous 4.72 ERA and 15.6 percent strikeout rate across 34 1/3 innings (eight starts) before hitting the injured list last week with a shoulder impingement after experiencing diminished velocity in his final start. It's fair to wonder how much the lingering issue impacted his performance since he told reporters that he's been pitching through the issue for a while. He remains one of the most intriguing talents in the fantasy landscape from a long-term standpoint, but it's impossible to overlook his early struggles. He'll use the extended layoff to recover physically and work on his mechanics. It feels like a classic buy-low opportunity for dynasty managers, but he's going to drop roughly 50 spots into the top-75 range in Rotoworld's next dynasty rankings update. Advertisement This week's Dynasty Stock Watch column takes a look at five mostly unheralded prospects in the lower minors — Trey Yesavage, Luis Peña, Gage Jump, Asbel Gonzalez and Payton Tolle — that are making the jump from unranked a couple months ago to cracking Rotoworld's next dynasty rankings installment. Trey Yesavage, SP, Blue Jays Has rapidly emerged as one of the premier pitching prospects in the dynasty landscape this season as he continues to put together an extremely impressive professional debut in the lower minors. The hard-throwing 21-year-old righty didn't skip a beat in his High-A Vancouver debut on Tuesday evening, piling up 10 strikeouts over four innings. He compiled a stellar 2.43 ERA, 0.81 WHIP and 55/8 K/BB ratio across 33 1/3 innings (seven starts) for Low-A Dunedin to earn a lightning-quick promotion. He slipped to the 20th overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft due to medical concerns during his collegiate career, but there's zero question regarding his ability to miss bats. His strikeout upside and realistic mid-rotation floor make him extremely intriguing for fantasy purposes, even though he lacks the front-of-the-rotation potential of top prospect arms like Andrew Painter, Bubba Chandler, Chase Burns or Noah Schultz. Luis Peña, SS, Brewers We've touched on some early season rising hitting prospects like Aroon Escobar, Arjun Nimmala, Eduardo Tait, Slade Caldwell and Bryce Rainer in recent weeks, but somehow Peña has eluded mention in this space. It would be unfair to compare his present trajectory to franchise cornerstone Jackson Chourio, or even fellow top prospect Jesús Made, but his meteoric rise this season hasn't gone unnoticed by dynasty managers. The 18-year-old prodigy, who is currently in concussion protocol following an ugly on-field collision at first base last weekend, has torn the cover off the ball this season at Low-A Carolina to the tune of a stratospheric .327/.400/.505 triple-slash line with three homers and 21 steals through 25 games. He's walked more than he's struck out in 115 plate appearances as one of the youngest players in the entire Carolina League. The combination of near-elite speed and above-average plate skills buoy his realistic batting average floor and give him a chance to arrive in the majors as a true five-category impact fantasy contributor in a couple years. The future looks extremely bright for Milwaukee with the trio of 18-year-old top prospects -- Made, Peña and last year's first-round pick Braylon Payne -- excelling in the lower minors. It's theoretically possible that Peña is a top-40 range dynasty prospect by midseason. Advertisement Gage Jump, SP, Athletics Jump made a serious statement in his second start for Double-A Midland earlier this week, recording eight strikeouts over six shutout innings. The 22-year-old southpaw has reeled off 12 consecutive scoreless frames with a 14/3 K/BB ratio since being promoted earlier this month to the upper minors as he continues to cement his status as one of this season's fastest-rising pitching prospects. The 22-year-old lefty, who was a second-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, compiled a sparkling 2.32 ERA and 45/5 K/BB ratio across 31 innings (six appearances, five starts) at High-A Lansing to open the year. He lacks the top-of-the-rotation upside projection of organization mate Luis Morales, but his three-pitch mix, and deceptive delivery give him a chance to reach the majors as an impactful fantasy contributor relatively soon. He's a name dynasty managers should already know, but he's going to be a household name among casual fantasy enthusiasts by the end of the year if he keeps this up. Asbel Gonzalez, OF, Royals The classic better for fantasy than real-life prospect, Gonzalez has been one of this season's dynasty standouts in the lower minors with his 36 stolen bases through 38 games at Low-A Columbia. The 19-year-old speedster remains a work in progress, but he's shown some serious growth in the hit tool department this season, hitting .319 (45-for-141) and striking out just a shade over 12 percent of the time in 172 plate appearances. The over-the-fence power is purely projection at this point based on his exit velocity data and physical frame, but he's putting together a strong foundation to build upon. Gonzalez is the type of prospect that dynasty managers should closely monitor as he continues to develop and climb the rungs of Kansas City's system. He's the type of speculative prospect worth stashing in deeper dynasty formats. Advertisement Payton Tolle, SP, Red Sox Boston has struggled to develop pitching talent in recent years, with Hunter Dobbins standing out as the lone homegrown impact contributor at the highest level at present, but they've got a pair of true breakout southpaw prospects on their hands this season in Brandon Clarke and Tolle. The 22-year-old lefty has absolutely dominated at High-A Greenville in his professional debut, striking out nearly 40 percent of the hitters he's faced, compiling a 4.56 ERA (3.55 FIP) and 40/7 K/BB ratio across 23 2/3 innings (six starts). He doesn't throw extremely hard, but his 6-foot-6 frame enables him to get some extra extension and allow his stuff to play up. He'll face a stiffer challenge once he reaches Double-A, but he's clearly a pitching prospect on the rise that dynasty managers need to monitor.
