External links
- Career statistics from MLB
· Baseball Reference (Minors) - East Carolina Pirates bio
2024 College Baseball All-America Team consensus selections | |
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| Trey Yesavage | |
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| Toronto Blue Jays – No. 39 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born:July 28, 2003 Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 15, 2025, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |
| MLB statistics (through September 28,2025) | |
| Win–loss record | 1–0 |
| Earned run average | 3.21 |
| Strikeouts | 16 |
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Trey David Yesavage (born July 28,2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the East Carolina Pirates,and was selected by the Blue Jays in the first round of the 2024 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2025.
Yesavage was born on July 28,2003,in Pottstown,Pennsylvania,as the oldest of three children to Dave and Cheryl Yesavage. He grew up in Boyertown,Pennsylvania,attending Boyertown Area High School. [1]
Yesavage enrolled at East Carolina University to play college baseball for the East Carolina Pirates. He spent his freshman season as a relief pitcher and had a 4.50 earned run average (ERA) over 34 appearances. [2] Over the summer,he joined the Charlottesville Tom Sox of the summer collegiate Valley Baseball League. [3] Utilized as a starting pitcher in his sophomore year,he pitched to a 7–1 win–loss record with a 2.61 ERA and 105 strikeouts. [4] For his performance,he earned All-AAC honors and second-team All-American honors. [5] After the season,Yesavage was selected to play for the Team USA Collegiate National Baseball Team. [6] [7] He was named a preseason first-team All-American entering his junior season. [8] He entered his junior season as a top starting pitcher improving on his game,pitching a 11–1 win–loss record with a 2.03 ERA and 145 strikeouts,leading him to first-team All-American and All-AAC honors. He was also named American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year. [9]
Considered a top prospect in the 2024 Major League Baseball draft, [10] Yesavage was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round,with the 20th overall selection. On August 1,2024,he agreed to a $4.1 million signing bonus with the Blue Jays. [11]
Yesavage was assigned to the Low-A Dunedin Blue Jays to open the 2025 minor league season. After going 3–0 with a 2.43 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 331⁄3 innings, he was promoted to the High-A Vancouver Canadians in May. [12] Yesavage made four starts with the Canadians, recording a 1.56 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 171⁄3 innings before being promoted to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, and also appeared in the All-Star Futures Game. [13] After recording 46 strikeouts in 30 innings with New Hampshire, Yesavage was promoted to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on August 11. [14] He made six appearances for Buffalo, pitching to a 3.63 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 171⁄3 innings. [15]
On September 15, 2025, Yesavage was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. [16] [17] He made his major league debut against the Tampa Bay Rays the same day, allowing one run on three hits and striking out nine in five innings. His performance set a new Blue Jays franchise record for most strikeouts in an MLB debut, breaking Trent Thornton's record of eight set in 2019. [18] Yesavage received a no decision in the Blue Jays' 2–1 extra-innings victory. [19] He earned his first career win on September 27, also versus the Rays. [20] On October 5, Yesavage made his MLB postseason debut as the starting pitcher in Game 2 of the American League Division Series (ALDS) against the New York Yankees. In a widely touted showing described by Blue Jays reporter Keegan Matheson as among the "greatest performances in [Blue Jays] history,” he struck out 11 and did not give up a single hit in his 51⁄3 innings pitched. He broke the Blue Jays' franchise record for most strikeouts in a postseason game, with the previous record at 8 being set by David Price, Juan Guzmán, and Dave Stieb. He was also the second-youngest player in MLB history to have 10 or more strikeouts in a postseason game, behind Fernando Valenzuela. The Blue Jays would go on to win the game 13-7. [21] [22]
Yesevage throws a fastball that maxes out at 98 miles per hour (158 km/h) and sits at 93 miles per hour (150 km/h) to 95 miles per hour (153 km/h) while pitching; he complements his fastball with a mid-80s slider, a mid-80s splitter, and a low-80s spike curveball. His splitter imitates a slider with a late sharp horizontal movement. [10] Across all pitchers, he features an abnormally high arm release angle at 63° along with a high release point at 7.09 feet (2.16 m), behind only Jonah Tong and Justin Verlander in 2025, respectively. [23] His slider features more arm-side movement than any other pitcher in the MLB in 2025, with 3.4 inches (86 mm) of movement, along with his fastball being tied at fourth with most induced rise, at 19.5 inches (500 mm). [23]