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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Trey Yesavage will receive a significant bump in pay following his latest World Series appearance.
In Game 5, the righty threw seven innings of one-run baseball to down the Los Angeles Dodgers. The victory put Toronto one game closer to a potential title.
The Blue Jays have battled out of a 2-1 series deficit thanks to back-to-back road wins. Yesavage played an integral role in the latest contest.
Who is Trey Yesavage?
The 22-year-old starting pitcher hails from Pennsylvania and attended college at East Carolina University. He was drafted by the organization in the first round of the 2024 selection process.
After beginning his 2025 campaign in the minor league system, he was called upon to join the Blue Jays’ roster in September. He’s been an excellent addition thus far.
Yesavage appeared in three games during the regular season. He went 1-0 with while posting a 3.21 ERA. That success has continued into the postseason.
Through five starts, he’s 3-1 with 39 strikeouts across 26 frames. His most recent appearance was his most dominant.
Yesavage started Game 5 of the World Series. He struck out 12 Dodgers while allowing just three hits. The Blue Jays won the game, 6-1.
That victory gave Toronto a 3-2 series lead. The club is one game closer to its third MLB championship, as well as a massive payday for its young pitcher.
How much was Yesavage paid for his MLB service?
Trey Yesavage received a $4.175 million signing bonus after being drafted by the Blue Jays. The terms of his contract detailed a potential $760,000 salary for 2025.
That contract was non-guaranteed. He will not receive the full salary as a result.
Players who are on Minor League or split contracts are not fully guaranteed their salaries.
A player on a split or Minor League contract will earn the prorated portion of his Major League salary for time spent on the Major League roster.
Yesavage’s prorated rate for his three September starts? $57,204.
With that being said, World Series participants will receive a hefty bonus at year’s end.
MLB teams that make the playoffs are each awarded a portion of a pool of money made up of 60% of the total ticket sales across the minimum number of games played in the postseason, per the league’s collective bargaining agreement with the MLB Players Association…
That pool is split between all of the playoff teams, with the World Series winner receiving 36% of the pool and the runner-up getting 24%. The rest is split among the losers of the semifinals, the quarterfinals, and the Wild Card rounds.
The bonus money is then divided into shares for each player, with players for each team voting on how many full or partial shares they want to give out.
The 2024 Dodgers got about $46.5 million of a record pool of $129.1 million.
Last year, each player on the World Series winning team was paid $477,441. Should the Blue Jays win this year, they should be in for a similar bonus.
Yesavage’s playoff paycheck would be around $400,000 more than his 2025 salary. He’s eagerly awaiting that payment!
Trey Yesavage made under $60K in MLB this season as a late rookie call-up.
After taking the World Series by storm, he’s looking forward to his next paycheck:
“This playoff paycheck is going to be nice whenever it hits.”pic.twitter.com/C2feYAZzZp
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) October 30, 2025
If Toronto can close out Game 6 or 7 with a win, he can maximize his earnings. If not, Yesavage will still receive a nice bump as a runner-up.