{"id":410033,"date":"2026-01-13T11:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410033\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:57:11","slug":"blue-jays-trey-yesavage-gets-shockingly-insulting-spot-on-pitching-prospects-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410033\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays’ Trey Yesavage gets shockingly insulting spot on pitching prospects list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trey Yesavage showed how special he can be during the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>‘ run to Game 7 of the World Series.<\/p>\n

But because he pitched so little in the regular season before the playoffs, he actually still maintained rookie eligibility.<\/p>\n

That allows Yesavage to still be ranked on top prospect lists, which is a fascinating spot to be for a guy who proved his mettle in the postseason.<\/p>\n

Even more fascinating? On MLB.com’s new right-handed pitcher top prospect list, Yesavage doesn’t rank first. Or second.<\/p>\n

Yesavage is only MLB’s third-ranked RHP<\/a> on its new list.<\/p>\n

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First place is Nolan McLean of the Mets.<\/p>\n

Next up is Bubba Chandler of the Pirates.<\/p>\n

That’s when Yesavage slots in, just above Andrew Painter of the Phillies.<\/p>\n

The writer, Sam Dykstra, does acknowledge Yesavage’s brilliance.<\/p>\n

“Let\u2019s put it plainly — if everyone in this group retired tomorrow, only one would have a World Series gem on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9,” Dykstra writes. “Sure, there are some questions whether Yesavage\u2019s three-pitch, all-armside mix can hold its effectiveness as Major Leaguers see it more and more, but it\u2019s also already worked against the likes of Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani<\/a> on the game\u2019s biggest stages.”<\/p>\n

Yesavage, Dykstra adds, has the best splitter of any righty pitching prospect in baseball.<\/p>\n

“You could make a case that Yesavage\u2019s splitter is the best in baseball,” Dykstra writes. “From his sky-high release point, Yesavage can really fool batters with his 82-85 mph splitter, a pitch that looks like it\u2019s dropping from the ceiling of the Rogers Centre. It comes with roughly 10-11 mph of separation from his fastball too, and that helped it generate a whiff rate of 58.4 percent between the regular season and postseason in The Show.”<\/p>\n

Sure, No. 3 isn’t bad.<\/p>\n

It’s still surprising not to see Yesavage higher.<\/p>\n

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