Nolan Perry's promotion to Blue Jays' High-A club has worked out better than expected

Nolan Perry seems to be making up for lost time. The No. 17 prospect in the Toronto Blue Jays' system has been almost unhittable since being called up to the Vancouver Canadians. In his first three starts in High-A, the Carlsbad, New Mexico product has thrown 15 innings in three starts and has allowed just one earned run to cross the plate, while limiting hitters to seven total hits.

Perry has already racked up 28 strikeouts in those 15 innings, after punching out 32 hitters in 21 innings in Single-A Dunedin where he started his season. The 22-year-old is hoping to get through a full healthy season in 2026, and after five games (four starts) with the Dunedin Blue Jays, the front office felt it was time for him to move up.

He's rewarded that thinking with a 0.60 ERA, 0.800 WHIP and a SO/W ratio of 5.60. Those kind of numbers usually puts a prospect into Top 100 territory. And while it's not as egregious as, say, calling Trey Yesavage "not exciting" on a list, we can say he's been overlooked somewhat, although it's for a very good reason; Perry hasn't pitched in over a year.

Perry underwent Tommy John Surgery in the middle of August of 2024 and spent all of 2025 on the sidelines. Now fully healthy, Perry is mowing down the competition and could be well on his way to earning another call up soon.

Perry may have been overlooked since the beginning

The Blue Jays originally drafted Perry in the 12th round in the 2022 MLB draft, out of Carlsbad High School. He got his first taste of professional baseball the next summer, pitching as a 19-year-old in the Florida Complex League and it was evident he was working against players that were a few years older than him. He pitched to a 7.28 ERA in nine games (four starts) but he did pile up 51 strikeouts in 38.1 innings pitched, while also allowing 46 hits.

The following year, he suited up for Single-A Dunedin and it looked like he had taken a lot of the lessons learned from the year before and implemented them into his repertoire. He brought his ERA down to 2.93, while still striking out 57 batters in 46 innings pitched and allowed only 35 hits. A drop off of 11 hits less, in roughly eight innings more of work. However, like with most young pitchers, control seemed to be an issue as he walked 39 batters and still sported a WHIP north of 1.60. Despite the lack of control, Perry was trending in the right direction until the injury halted everything.

The Blue Jays will hope that he is another late round find that can eventually find his way to the big leagues. While he's currently got a lot of internal competition with the likes of Johnny King, Gage Stanifer and Ricky Tiedemann being the more well known names in the system, Perry's performance could make him a very popular option for a call up sooner than later.

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