2026 Stats: 7 GS, 37.0 IP, 26 H (0 HR), 39 K, 17 BB, 2.19 ERA
What Makes Him a Must-Watch
Even if Trey Yesavage only has 10 total regular-season starts in the majors, that’s not counting the five he made in his coming-out party last October. So, there’s that. And also the fact that he’s been really good.
The extreme over-the-top release is Yesavage’s hallmark, and hitters still don’t seem to know what to do with it. He would arguably be the king of the uncomfortable at-bat even if he didn’t have good stuff.
And he does, of course. He only throws a fastball, splitter and slider, but he mixes them well and is close to flawless when he goes to the split. For his career so far, it has a 50.3 whiff percentage and a .138 average.
Walks remain an issue—he issued seven free passes his last time out alone—but a pitcher can get away with that when both making contact and making good contact are difficult. So far this year, he’s in the 81st percentile with his whiff rate and the 95th percentile with his hard-hit rate.