Where will Blue Jays' Top 30 prospects be to start the season?
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With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Blue Jays’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:
- Trey Yesavage (MLB No. 10), RHP -- Injured (right shoulder impingement)
- JoJo Parker (MLB No. 43), SS -- Dunedin (Single-A)
- Arjun Nimmala (MLB No. 74), SS -- Vancouver (High-A)
- Johnny King, LHP -- Vancouver (High-A)
- Ricky Tiedemann, LHP -- Injured (elbow soreness)
- Gage Stanifer, RHP -- New Hampshire (Double-A)
- Juan Sanchez, 3B -- Extended spring training
- Jake Bloss, RHP -- Injured (elbow surgery rehab)
- RJ Schreck, OF -- Buffalo (Triple-A)
- Yohendrick Pinango, OF -- Buffalo (Triple-A)
- Jake Cook, OF -- Injured (hamstring)
- Victor Arias, OF -- Injured (shoulder)
- Josh Kasevich, SS -- Buffalo (Triple-A)
- Silvano Hechavarria, RHP -- Injured (elbow soreness)
- Blaine Bullard, OF -- Dunedin (Single-A)
- Fernando Perez, RHP -- New Hampshire (Double-A)
- Sean Keys, 3B -- New Hampshire (Double-A)
- Micah Bucknam, RHP -- Injured (forearm)
- Edward Duran, C -- Vancouver (High-A)
- Tim Piasentin, 3B -- Extended spring training
- Adam Macko, LHP -- Buffalo (Triple-A)
- Brandon Barriera, LHP -- Dunedin (Single-A)
- Javen Coleman, LHP -- New Hampshire (Double-A)
- Brandon Valenzuela, C -- Buffalo (Triple-A)
- Cutter Coffey, 3B -- New Hampshire (Double-A)
- Charles McAdoo, 3B -- Buffalo (Triple-A)
- Jared Spencer, LHP -- Injured (shoulder surgery rehab)
- Carson Messina, RHP -- Extended spring training
- Adrian Pinto, INF -- Extended spring training
- Grant Rogers, RHP -- Buffalo (Triple-A)
Team to watch
Vancouver only has three of Toronto’s Top 30 prospects on its Opening Day roster, but all three are interesting in their own ways. Nimmala repeats the Northwest League after posting a .694 OPS in 120 games there last season, but evaluators agree there should be more power in the tank for the shortstop as he enters his age-20 season and continues to fill out his frame. King will become the Jays’ top pitching prospect once Yesavage graduates, thanks to his plus fastball and curveball, and he heads to High-A for the first time at just 19 years old. Duran is known primarily for his defensive work as the organization’s top catching talent, but was left unprotected in the Rule 5 Draft after slugging just .336 in 34 games with Vancouver last year. More offense could push him onto the 40-man roster by the end of his age-22 campaign.
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After his postseason heroics, Yesavage was expected to be a key piece of the Major League rotation to open this spring, but a right shoulder impingement landed him on the injured list instead. He is expected to throw a three-inning/45-pitch sim game Friday as he builds back up for his return to The Show. Elsewhere, Kasevich has strong supporters in the organization as a hit-over-power infielder with a strong glove, and Schreck and Pinango could be in a race to provide the big club with outfield depth first. Valenzuela, a trade pickup from the Padres at last year’s Deadline, is on the 40-man and has the defensive acumen to be at least a backup catcher north of the border for a long time.
New faces
As a contending organization, the Blue Jays weren’t big on acquiring prospects in the offseason. However, there is a new face stateside in No. 7 prospect Sanchez. The 18-year-old infielder was a Dominican Summer League standout in 2025, slashing .341/.439/.565 with eight homers over 56 games in the international complex circuit, and he appropriately shot up the organization’s Top 30 rankings. Sanchez will open 2026 in extended spring training with a trip to the Florida Complex League likely to follow, but if he performs at all close to how he did in the D.R., it could be a quick move to Single-A ball where he’d partner with Parker on the left side of the infield.
“We think the two of them being together and forming a bond -- you saw how the Bo and Vladdy one played out,” farm director Joe Sclafani told MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo last month.
On the shelf
It’s a lengthy injury report, led by Yesavage. Tiedemann, who is coming off Tommy John surgery, was shut down in late February due to elbow soreness. But his MRI came back showing no structural damage, and he opened the season on the Buffalo 7-day injured list. Bloss had his own elbow surgery last year and is looking at a midseason return. Cook -- an 80-grade runner -- is likely out through April with a hamstring injury. Arias had shoulder surgery on his right (non-throwing) shoulder in the fall and is aiming for a return to New Hampshire by mid-May, with a rehab assignment likely before then. Hechavarria reported elbow soreness late last fall and has been slow-rolled out of camp. He is expected to eventually move to Vancouver and could be back in games by the end of the month. Bucknam left a March 12 outing on the Dunedin backfields with forearm tightness, and Toronto doctors are still discussing a path forward, beginning with missed time at the start of the regular season. Spencer had shoulder surgery last April while at Texas, and after going to the Blue Jays in the 11th round of last year's Draft, he’s awaiting his organizational debut. Pinto was late to spring camp due to visa issues, but is expected to get in rehab games with Dunedin soon before joining New Hampshire when he’s fully up to game speed.
How to watch
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