The prospect we’ll take a look at on this article might be a fast riser up the minor league ladder.
That is Blue Jays Nation’s annual Pre-Season Prospect Countdown, this time trying on the high 40 prospects within the group. We’ll take a look at the participant’s stats, my observations, and different publications’ scouting studies if accessible.
Let’s check out our fifth-best Toronto Blue Jays prospect, Trey Yesavage!
Attending to know Trey Yesavage…
Place: Beginning pitcher
Throws: Proper
Born: July 28, 2003
Acquired: 1st-round, 2024 draft
Earlier rating: 5
For the second consecutive draft, the Blue Jays had the twentieth total decide. In 2023, they picked Arjun Nimmala, who’ll seem on this listing sooner or later. Within the following draft, the 2024 draft, they chose right-handed pitcher Trey Yesavage.
The 21-year-old spent all three collegiate seasons with East Carolina College, together with his first season seeing him pitch out of the bullpen in 2022. That season, he completed with a 4.50 ERA in 26 innings pitched, with a 29.2 Ok% and a 15.8 BB%. In 2023, Yesavage completed with a 2.61 ERA in 76 innings pitched with a 33.9 Ok% and a 7.4 BB%.
In his draft season, Yesavage had a terrific season, posting a 2.03 ERA in 93.1 innings pitched with a career-best 40.4 Ok% and an 8.9 BB%. This led to him being among the best draft prospects accessible in 2024. Like many pitchers the Blue Jays have drafted in current occasions, Yesavage has but to make his skilled debut within the months following the draft however may begin the 2025 season in Single-A or Excessive-A.
Yesavage ranks as MLB Pipeline’s greatest Blue Jays prospect of their 2024 mid-season replace, in addition to the 88th-best prospect in baseball of their pre-season high 100 listing. The 21-year-old’s fastball sits 93-95 mph with carry whereas additionally that includes a plus slider, a plus splitter, and a mean curveball with common command. There’s rather a lot to love about Yesavage, together with the very fact he’ll be a fast riser within the system and has a excessive ground.
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