The Toronto Blue Jays “intend” to convey up high prospect, right-handed pitcher Trey Yesavage, to the most important leagues on Monday, experiences Sportsnet. The 6-foot-4 Yesavage has skilled a fast rise to the majors, as he was the Blue Jays’ first-round decide (twentieth total) out of East Carolina within the 2024 MLB draft.
Yesavage, 22, began the season with Class-A Dunedin, making seven begins there. He then made 4 begins with Excessive-A Vancouver earlier than eight begins with Double-A New Hampshire and 6 begins for Triple-A Buffalo. In all, he is 5-1 with a 3.12 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and 160 strikeouts in opposition to 41 walks in 98 innings.
CBS Sports activities prospect guru R.J. Anderson ranked Yesavage because the Jays’ greatest prospect heading into the season. As for his recreation, Anderson mentioned, “His recreation is constructed on verticality: starting together with his steep launch level and lengthening to an arsenal that features, amongst different pitches, a rising fastball, a hammer curve, and a split-change.”
Extra from Anderson, this time simply 10 days in the past:
Yesavage’s supply options some uncommon aesthetics. He has a brief stride that leaves him upright at launch, in addition to a excessive arm slot that permits him to loosen the ball greater than seven toes from the bottom. Understandably, his arsenal is constructed round north-and-south motion reasonably than east-and-west. You are not going to catch him throwing a sweeper away from a right-handed hitter or busting a lefty in with a well-placed cutter. All three of his pitches — fastball, slider, splitter — common arm-side motion.
That dynamic hasn’t prevented Yesavage from carving up minor-league lineups. It is to be seen if he will get the chance to tackle big-league foes earlier than the yr is out, or if the Blue Jays will maintain him in reserve as a way of getting extra management over his workload. (He is basically matched his career-high in innings pitched.) Regardless of the case, every time Yesavage debuts he will instantly turn out to be probably the most attention-grabbing younger pitchers within the majors.
The Blue Jays seem to have a full rotation proper now with Shane Bieber, José Berríos, Chris Bassitt, Max Scherzer and Kevin Gausman, so it looks like they’re going to get Yasavage’s toes moist within the majors as a reliever. It is occurred earlier than with starters who ended up being studs, akin to with David Value and Chris Sale.
The Blue Jays at present sit in first place within the AL East at 86-62, which is sweet for a three-game lead over the second-place Yankees.
