Trey Yesavage

Trey David Yesavage

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 225 lb.
School East Carolina University
High School Boyertown High School
Debut September 15, 2025

Born July 28, 2003 in Pottstown, PA USA

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Pitcher Trey Yesavage was the 20th overall pick of the 2024 amateur draft, taken by the Toronto Blue Jays out of East Carolina University. He was coming off a stellar college career, having gone a combined 18-2 in 2023 and 2024, with 145 strikeouts in 93 1/3 innings his final season.

He only made his professional debut in 2025, but then had a meteoric ascension through the ranks of the Blue Jays system. Toronto deliberately decided to start him off in Class-A, with the Dunedin Blue Jays, instead of in High-A, counting on more clement weather in Florida than in the Pacific Northwest. He went 3-0, 2.43 in 7 starts, then was promoted to the Vancouver Canadians on May 20th. He stayed less than a month there, dominating the Northwest League to the tune of a 1-0 record with an ERA of 1.56 in 4 starts, and almost 2 strikeouts per inning. With the AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats, it took him a few games to adjust to the higher level, but he was still named to play in the 2025 Futures Game. He made 7 starts in 8 games for New Hampshire, going 1-1, 4.50, and received his next promotion on August 14th, when he moved up to the Buffalo Bisons of the AAA International League. By then, reporters in Toronto were openly speculating on when he would be called up to the big club, although it wasn't clear in what role, as the team was awash with good starting pitchers but needed some bullpen arms, a role he had never performed. In any case, he again started slowly at Buffalo, then settled down to post a 3.63 ERA in 17 1/3 innings, allowing just 9 hits and striking out 26. On September 14th. it was announced that he was being called up to Toronto, where he would pitch in relief.

However, it was as a starter that Yesavage made his major league debut, on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays on September 15, 2025. He went 5 innings, gave up just 1 run on 3 hits and 2 walks, while striking out 9 batters. The Blue Jays were trailing 1-0 when he left, but five relievers managed to hold the Rays scoreless over the final six innings, and Toronto won the game, 2-1. The 9 Ks were a franchise record for a starting pitcher making his debut, and the win, combined with a loss by the New York Yankees, increased Toronto's lead in the division to five games. However, the Jays swooned over the next couple of weeks, and by September 27th, they were tied with New York for the division lead with two games left to play. He started against the Rays again that day, this time at home, and earned his first big league win by keeping them off the scoreboard for five innings as Toronto went on to win the game, 5-1, meaning the division title would be decided on the final day of the season. But Trey had done his part, as his performance had secured him a spot on the postseason roster. Not only that, but he was given to start Game 2 of the Division Series against the New York Yankees on October 5th. To say he was outstanding would be an understatement: in 5 1/3 innings, he did not give up a run or a hit, and struck out 11 opponents as his stuff completely baffled the Bronx Bombers. When he left, the Jays were ahead, 12-0, on their way to a 13-7 win (the Yankees scored some runs against the back of the Jays' bullpen with the game out of reach). He started twice in the ALCS against the Seattle Mariners; he lost Game 2 after giving up a three-run homer to Julio Rodriguez in the 1st inning, but came back with a clutch performance in Game 6, with the Jays facing elimination on October 19th. He pitched into the 6th inning, giving up just two runs, and was credited with the 6-2 win. The fairy tale continued when he was named the starting pitcher for Game 1 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on October 24th; he was the second-youngest pitcher to be given this prestigious assignment, with only Ralph Branca in 1947 having been younger. It was a tough outing as he struggled with his command, but he managed to limit the Dodgers to two runs over four innings, before the Jays bats got going and Toronto won the game, 11-4. In his Game 5 start on October 29th, however, he was absolutely masterful, giving just one run through seven innings - on a solo homer by Kiké Hernandez - while walking none and striking out 12. The Blue Jays also won that game, 6-1, and he received credit for the win. It was the most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in a World Series game, breaking the previous record o 11 set by Don Newcombe in 1949, and was only the second pitcher to strike out ten through the first five innings, after Sandy Koufax (who was present at the game). His 12 K's were also the most in World Series history by a pitcher who did not walk a batter.

The fairy tale ended quickly, as it was announced during spring training in 2026 that he would start the season on the injured list with a shoulder impingement. After making a few rehabilitation assignments at Dunedin and Buffalo, he was announced as the Blue Jays' starter against the Boston Red Sox on April 28th. That first game went well as he pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings and received credit for the Jays' 3-0 win. On May 20th, he was matched up against another young pitcher who had been dominating opponents in recent months, Cam Schlittler of the Yankees. Trey won that battle by pitching six scoreless innings of two-hit ball in a 2-1 win at New Yankee Stadium. That performance improved his record to 2-1, 1.07 after 5 starts.

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