Trey Yesavage has been promoted to Triple-A Buffalo

Trey Yesavage has been promoted to Triple-A Buffalo, but it may serve as just a brief stint before his call to the big leagues arrives.

Yesavage has skyrocketed his way through the minor leagues, and deservingly so. The right-hander started off 2025 with the Dunedin Blue Jays in Single-A, but that didn't last long, as he's also made starts in High-A with the Vancouver Canadians and eight starts in Double-A with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

The Blue Jays' second-ranked prospect is fresh off an explosive outing, going five strong innings out of the bullpen, allowing two runs while striking out nine. Yesavage was also able to rack up 21 whiffs on the afternoon.

At just 22 years old, he has continued to show how real his strikeout upside is, displaying an outrageous K/9 of 15. His most recent appearance as a long man seems like a telling tale for how the Jays may deploy him, once his evident call-up to the show arrives.

Although Yesavage has torn up the minor leagues, he came back down to earth a little bit when he first arrived in New Hampshire. In his first outing, his command wasn't as sharp as usual, allowing four walks in four innings, although he still kept the earned runs down to one. He ran into some more issues in his second start, going just two and a third innings while allowing four earned runs.

In his third Double-A outing, he showed his true colours again, which means he practically fanned every batter under the sun. He went five dominant innings, striking out eight while allowing just one hit. Since then, he has had a couple of blips, but nothing that has resulted in any cause for concern, especially in the eyes of the Blue Jays front office.

In a Jays Journal interview with Sportsnet's Blake Murphy in July, he mentioned that his rocky start (while being able to get back on track) is encouraging. "I think it's good that he's struggling at Double-A a little bit. Part of the reason they were aggressive with the promotion (to Double-A) was because they wanted to see him deal through some adversity, and have to make some adjustments.”

And that he did, as he has been phenomenal in his last few outings, dropping his Double-A ERA down to 4.50. "Some teams don't feel the need to have a guy in Triple-A that long, Double-A is the big jump,” Murphy added.

In 19 games across the three minor-league levels, Yesavage has a 3.01 ERA, a 0.930 WHIP and an incredible 134 strikeouts in 80.2 innings pitched.