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Yohendrick Piñango ranks as Blue Jays Nation’s 11th-best prospect in 2025 mid-season update
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Ryley Delaney
Sep 10, 2025, 10:00 EDTUpdated: Sep 10, 2025, 11:56 EDT
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The Toronto Blue Jays looked to have made a great trade to acquire Yohendrick Piñango before the 2024 trade deadline.
This is Blue Jays Nation’s annual mid-season prospect list, where we’ll take a look at the 50 best prospects in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. I’ll look at the player’s stats, what other publications have to say, as well as my own observations of the players.
Piñango is one of four players whom the Blue Jays acquired before the 2024 trade deadline that rank in our top 10. Thanks to a strong season, Piñango ranks as our 11th-best prospect. If you missed who ranked 12th, you can read about Charles McAdoo here.

Getting to know Yohendrick Piñango…

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left
Born: May 7th, 2002
Acquired: Trade with the Chicago Cubs
Previous ranking: 36th (2025 pre-season)
Piñango agreed to a signing bonus of $400,000 with the Chicago Cubs during the 2018 International Free Agency period and had a strong start to his professional career in 2019, slashing .358/.427/.442 with no home runs in 274 plate appearances for a 144 wRC+.
Between Single-A and High-A in 2021, Piñango was an average hitter, while he hit below average in 2022 and 2023, both seasons were entirely spent in High-A. The 5’11”, 170 lbs outfielder even began the 2024 season in High-A, where he slashed .340/.451/.610 with five home runs in 122 plate appearances to finally get the heck out of South Bend.
With the Cubs’ Double-A team, the 23-year-old slashed .223/.316/.345 with four home runs in 225 plate appearances for a 98 wRC+. Before the trade deadline, he was traded alongside Josh Rivera to the Blue Jays in exchange for Nate Pearson. Piñango played for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats after the trade and slashed just .179/.244/.274 with one home run in 127 plate appearances.
Sometimes, a new environment can unlock the best out of a prospect, and that was the case for Piñango. Starting the season in Double-A, he slashed .298/.406/.522 with eight home runs in 192 plate appearances, with a 14.1 BB% and 21.9 K% for a 169 wRC+. After his promotion to Triple-A, the Venezuelan native has slowed down a bit, slashing just .250/.342/.402 with seven home runs in 296 plate appearances, but he still ranks near the top of the Blue Jays’ home run leaderboard.
Piñango ranked as MLB Pipeline’s seventh-best prospect in the mid-season update. He’s always had good bat-to-ball skills, but his power has hit another gear with quick bat speed, while cutting down the whiffs. Piñango will remain in the corner outfield and is Rule 5 eligible this off-season, so the Blue Jays likely will add him to the 40-man roster.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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