Blue Jays look to build upon rising farm system in 2025 MLB draft

It might not be a much longer wait for Try Yesavage to be in in the big leagues. The 21-year-old prospect of the Toronto Blue Jays came into Saturday’s “Futures Game” and struck out St. Louis Cardinals prospect JJ Wetherholt on just four pitches. 

A shot but sweet experience for the rising star, who was drafted in the first round just one year ago. Yesavage owns a 3.19 ERA across 67.2 innings pitched at three different minor league levels. He’s now in Double-A with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and leads all minor league pitchers with 111 strikeouts going into this weekend. 

Yesavage has been one of the best stories within the Blue Jays farm system this year, as he has skyrocketed up the ranks with many suggesting he could potentially see big league action this season. It’s helped shine a brighter light on a Blue Jays farm system that has been consistently ranked in the lower third of the league for the last four years.

Blue Jays look to build upon rising farm system in 2025 MLB draft

While they only have two top 100 prospects in Yesavage (57) and shortstop Arjun Nimmala (50), the Blue Jays are building a pipeline of intriguing pitching prospects, and they have received some tremendous contributions at the big league level from players who started the year in Triple-A including Addison Barger and Eric Lauer.

But now it’s time for the Blue Jays to add to those success stories. The 2025 MLB Draft will take place this Sunday evening (July 13) at 6pm and Toronto has a top ten pick. They hold the No. 8 selection, which will be their highest draft choice since 2020 when they selected Austin Martin with the No. 5 pick. This will be only the second top ten pick for General Manager Ross Atkins and his scouting staff, led by Amateur scouting director Marc Tramuta.

The Blue Jays will have $10.3 million in bonus pool money for this years draft and have a first round slot value of $6.5 million. Following their first round pick, the Blue Jays won’t pick until No. 81 overall, as they lost their second round selection due to the signing of Anthony Santander. That has allowed division rival Baltimore to earn two compensation round picks, as they also picked up a pick when they lost Corbin Burnes to the Diamondbacks in Free Agency. Overall, the Orioles will end up with four picks within the first 40 selections. 

The Blue Jays will hope to hit on those two picks on day one. They have been linked to a top pitching arm, as well as a highly touted shortstop. Rounds 1-3 will air live on MLBN/MLB.com/ESPN beginning at 6pm. Rounds 4-20 commence at 11:30 a.m. on Monday.  

Blue Jays draft picks
First Round - #8 overall ($6,813,600)
Third Round - #81 overall ($993,900)
Fourth Round - #112 overall ($680,800)
Fifth Round - #143 overall ($503,800)
Sixth Round - #172 overall ($383,600)
Seventh Round - #202 overall ($299,900)
Eighth Round - #232 overall ($238, 600)
Ninth Round - #262 overall ($206,900)
Tenth Round - #292 overall ($193, 500)
Rounds 11-20 - 7th pick in every round