After an impressive first relief appearance earlier in the week, Trey Yesavage missed the mark in his follow-up.
The Toronto Blue Jays‘ top pitching prospect was only able to notch one out in an erratic relief appearance against the Syracuse Mets on Sunday.
Yesavage entered the game in the top of the fourth inning as a replacement for starter Easton Lucas. He left one out later with a line of 0.1 innings pitched, two runs (one earned), two walks and one hit.
He threw only 18 pitches, eight of which were thrown for strikes.
Yesavage started off the day against Mets left fielder Jose Azocar, who worked a seven-pitch walk against the righty. Then on the next batter, designated hitter Kevin Parada, he threw four straight balls for a second free pass to first.
Though he managed to get an out off a Hayden Senger flyout to left field, fourth batter Luis De Los Santos reached base on a fielder’s choice and fielding error, loading the bases for the Mets.
Yesavage was promptly pulled from the game for righty Hayden Juenger, who gave up a double to Yonny Hernandez that scored two.
Toronto’s 2024 first-round pick made his first relief appearance for triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday against the Mets, working three scoreless innings, striking out six while giving up two hits and a walk.
Overall, Sunday was the third time this season that Yesavage has worked out of the bullpen. He threw five relief innings in his final outing at double-A New Hampshire, striking out nine and walking none.
Yesavage has shot through the organization’s affiliates in 2025, pitching at all four full-season levels. The six-foot-four right-hander entered Tuesday with a 3.24 ERA and 150 strikeouts — the seventh highest mark in the minor leagues.
Yesavage was ranked as the Blue Jays’ top prospect and the 26th-overall prospect in all of baseball in a mid-season update by MLB Pipeline.
While Yesavage wasn’t added to Toronto’s 40-man roster ahead of roster expansion on Monday, he could still be post-season eligible via a Commissioner’s exemption to replace an injured player — a hurdle that has commonly been cleared for top prospects since MLB changed its ruling in 2014.
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