TORONTO -- This Blue Jays season is a collection of success stories, each more surprising than the last, coming together all at once.
Their farm system hasn’t gotten many headlines, given all the success at the big league level and the attention that comes with it, but it deserves to. Toronto recently made a modest jump from 27 to 20 in our MLB Pipeline rankings, but that’s without factoring in Khal Stephen, Kendry Rojas and Juaron Watts-Brown, all Top 10 prospects who were dealt at the Trade Deadline.
With that in mind, the small step forward is actually a giant leap. The Blue Jays’ farm system has improved significantly, stacking quantity on top of quality in a way that’s allowed it to grow stronger even as three of its top young pitchers were used to add Shane Bieber, Louis Varland and Seranthony Domínguez. That’s quite the feat.
Pitching has been the headliner this year, which represents another clear and encouraging shift in this organization.
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Trey Yesavage has been one of the best stories in all of Minor League Baseball. He was just promoted to Triple-A, which will be his fourth level of the season after dominating in Single-A, High-A and Double-A. This has put him on the doorstep of a late-season promotion to the Blue Jays, too. While they’re still prioritizing his development, it’s going to be awfully tempting to add the high-octane Yesavage to this bullpen for the postseason run.
Toronto’s prospect depth has really started to fill out through 2025, but there’s plenty of excitement near the top of this system, particularly after adding one of the top prep bats in this Draft class, JoJo Parker, with the No. 8 pick. That, along with 2023 first-rounder Arjun Nimmala, gives the Blue Jays three prospects in the Top 100.
Here’s a look at the Blue Jays' top prospects:
1. Trey Yesavage, RHP (No. 26 in MLB)
2. JoJo Parker, SS (No. 41 in MLB)
3. Arjun Nimmala (No. 51 in MLB)
4. Ricky Tiedemann, LHP
5. Johnny King, LHP
Biggest jump/fall
Here are the players whose ranks changed the most from the preseason list:
Jump: Gage Stanifer, RHP (Preseason: NR | Midseason: No. 6)
This system is full of breakout stories, but Stanifer’s has been the most surprising … at least publicly. The Blue Jays were high on Stanifer coming into the season, even fresh off a 6.34 ERA in Single-A a year ago, because they saw significant upside in his stuff, which was ticking up. Stanifer opened the season in tandem with Yesavage, who he quickly followed up the ladder to High-A Vancouver, but he’s worthy of the spotlight on his own. The 21-year-old owns a 2.96 ERA over 79 innings with a whopping 125 strikeouts. Coming from a 19th-round pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, this is one of the best development stories Toronto has had in years.
Fall: Landen Maroudis, RHP (Preseason: No. 8 | Midseason: No. 29)
This is more representative of all the things this Blue Jays' system has done right, instead of anything Maroudis has done wrong. The young right-hander underwent an internal brace procedure last May to repair the UCL in his right elbow, and while he’s returned healthy this season and pitched regularly, his stuff hasn’t quite returned to the same levels. Before the injury, he felt like the “next Ricky Tiedemann” candidate to break out, but at just 20 years old, there’s still plenty of time for that to happen. Finishing the season strong with Single-A Dunedin will be a great start.
New to the list
Here are the players added to the Top 30 from outside the organization:
Best tools
Hit: 60 -- JoJo Parker
Power: 60 -- Arjun Nimmala (Orelvis Martinez)
Run: 80 -- Jake Cook
Arm: 60 -- Cutter Coffey (Cook, Nimmala, Juan Sanchez, Tim Piasentin, Edward Duran)
Defense: 65 -- Cook
Fastball: 65 -- Ricky Tiedemann
Curveball: 60 -- Micah Bucknam
Slider: 65 -- Bucknam (Jared Spencer)
Changeup: 55 -- Tiedemann (Spencer, Angel Bastardo)
Splitter: 60 -- Trey Yesavage
Control: 55 -- Fernando Perez (Silvano Hechavarria)