{"id":507986,"date":"2026-03-01T19:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/507986\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T19:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:46:11","slug":"trey-yesavage-on-board-with-blue-jays-plan-for-managing-workload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/507986\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey Yesavage on board with Blue Jays’ plan for managing workload"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUNEDIN, Fla. \u2014 Trey Yesavage<\/a> feels strong and he\u2019s eager to ramp up towards his first full season as a major-league pitcher, but he doesn\u2019t object to the deliberate approach the Blue Jays are taking with his workload this spring.<\/p>\n

Speaking at his locker Sunday morning, the 22-year-old said he\u2019s \u201cfeeling fresh and ready to start playing again\u201d after a 2025 season that saw him log 139.2 total innings, 27.2 of which came during a post-season run that catapulted him into stardom.<\/p>\n

Once the season ended, Yesavage took some time off from throwing and lifting weights to let his body recover naturally. Now, as a new season begins, the Blue Jays are building him up slowly. He has faced hitters in live batting practice, but has yet to appear in a game, with no immediate plans for his spring debut.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re taking me slow, slower than anyone else in here,\u201d Yesavage said. \u201cI know they have my best interests in mind, so I have all my faith in them for whatever they plan the future to look like. I\u2019m just following orders, per se.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday morning, manager John Schneider said Yesavage is “checking every box” as he progresses towards game action. But the Blue Jays are mindful of the right-hander\u2019s workload, so they\u2019re not about to ask him to pitch 200 regular-season innings. If the Blue Jays ease him into the season, Yesavage could then have fewer restrictions down the stretch and into the playoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s more in discussion,\u201d Schneider said. “We\u2019ll see how much we can get him built up to and go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Yesavage isn\u2019t fully stretched out when the regular season begins, he\u2019s fine with that.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d he said. \u201cAny way I can help the team win, I\u2019m going to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the scenario that Yesavage starts the season with a max of 50-60 pitches, the Blue Jays might decide to piggyback someone like Eric Lauer with him so as not to tax the team\u2019s other relievers too much. But with more than three weeks remaining before opening day, those decisions don\u2019t have to be made just yet. And however it plays out, Yesavage is eager to build on what he did last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it\u2019s a long season, something I\u2019ve never experienced before, but I\u2019m looking forward to playing major-league baseball for a living,” he said. “It\u2019s very exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

The day after pitching four scoreless innings against the Yankees, Jose Berrios said he\u2019s recovering \u201cbetter and better.\u201d The right-hander\u2019s velocity was up in his start Saturday, as he averaged 93.1 m.p.h. with his four-seam fastball while throwing 54 total pitches.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an exceptionally heavy workload for this time of year, as most starting pitchers are built up to an inning or two. Yet when Berrios was working out on his own at home in Puerto Rico, he built up to 65 pitches, so he doesn\u2019t feel as though he\u2019s pushing himself too hard. Most importantly, he\u2019s feeling better mentally and physically after recovering from the biceps injury that sidelined him late last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lot of emotion,\u201d he said. \u201cLast year, I didn\u2019t end the season the way I wanted to. I\u2019d never been on the IL. But I learned from that and learned what I need to be to be good. It\u2019s been a process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the starting rotation mix, Max Scherzer is expected in Blue Jays camp early next week.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays\u2019 clubhouse was a little quieter Sunday morning, as the likes of Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Andres Gimenez, Ernie Clement, Kazuma Okamoto, Alejandro Kirk, Leo Jimenez, RJ Schreck, Adam Macko and C.J. Stubbs had all departed for the World Baseball Classic. There were still dozens of players around \u2014 so many that one veteran joked there should be names on the back of spring jerseys \u2014 but the absence of the Blue Jays\u2019 entire starting infield could still be felt.<\/p>\n

Before the players left, Schneider downplayed concern about injuries, explaining that players take risks any time they take the field, but he did express hope that his players would continue getting the reps they need while away from the team. The rest of the manager\u2019s message for his players was simple.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe event is a cool thing. I hope you all do well individually,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I hope your teams all lose, no offence, so you can get back into camp.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUNEDIN, Fla. \u2014 Trey Yesavage feels strong and he\u2019s eager to ramp up towards his first full season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-507986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}