What a fantastic year from Silvano Hechavarria. 
The 22-year-old righty, making the final start of his first season in North America, delivered another impressive performance with high-A Vancouver on Wednesday, striking out a season-high seven batters across 5.1 innings of two-run ball. He retired the first seven batters he faced before issuing a one-out walk in the third inning, his first of three in the game.
Hechavarria only surrendered three hits, the first of which left Nat Bailey Stadium for a solo home run in the fourth. The other two &#8212; a double followed by a single in the fifth &#8212; resulted in the second run against him, but they were sandwiched around a trio of strikeouts.
Vancouver&#8217;s offence did its part to provide Hechavarria with plenty of run support en route to an 8-2 victory over the Everett AquaSox (Seattle&#8217;s high-A affiliate), earning the young hurler his third win in four starts since joining the Canadians last month.
With the Northwest League wrapping up its regular season on Sunday, Hechavarria &#8212; the Toronto Blue Jays&#8217; <a href="https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/bluejays/silvano-hechavarria-827664" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No. 26 prospect, per MLB Pipeline</a> &#8212; has reached the end of his second professional campaign with the organization &#8212; his first year of full-season ball, which he split across three levels (Florida Complex League, single-A, high-A).
The native of Cuba <a href="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/2024/06/07/blue-jays-signed-cuban-right-handed-pitcher-silvano-hechavarria-to-a-bonus-of-240000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed out of the Dominican Republic as an international free agent in June 2024</a>, arriving in the Dominican Summer League shortly after. He dominated teenagers at that level, posting a dazzling 1.84 ERA over 10 starts, punching out nearly a third of his batters faced while walking roughly eight per cent of them.
Those stellar results catapulted Hechavarria to the FCL at the beginning of &#8217;25, where he made four starts before advancing to single-A Dunedin. And the good times kept on rolling, as he pitched to a sub-two ERA in 11 appearances (seven starts), issuing 53 strikeouts and only 11 walks across 47.1 innings.
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Hech is heading north🇨🇦<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueJays</a> No. 26 prospect Silvano Hechavarria has been promoted to High-A <a href="https://twitter.com/vancanadians?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vancanadians</a>📈
He pitched to a 1.90 ERA in 11 games for Dunedin. Over his final six Class-A outings, he posted a 0.69 ERA in 26 innings with 32 strikeouts. <a href="https://t.co/65qTlVTlz5">pic.twitter.com/65qTlVTlz5</a>
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Shortly after the likes of Trey Yesavage and Khal Stephen (traded to Cleveland in July&#8217;s Shane Bieber deal) passed through Vancouver, Hechavarria received a well-deserved high-A promotion in mid-August. Of the four starts he made, his best was, by far, the 6.2 scoreless innings he turned in on Aug. 22, retiring all but three of his 23 batters faced.
In his four starts with the Canadians, the 6-foot-4 hurler &#8212; who benefits from his high-slot release point &#8212; concludes with a 3.22 ERA in 22.1 innings, registering 19 strikeouts and eight walks. He showcased all four pitches in his brief stint, including his mid-90s four-seamer that reaches 96-97, as well as his mid-90s sinker, high-80s slider that serves as his primary swing-and-miss weapon and a mid-80s work-in-progress changeup.
The Blue Jays&#8217; brass will likely have Hechavarria repeat high-A to begin next season, but there&#8217;s a strong chance he could move quickly through the system if he takes another step in 2026. If all goes smoothly out of the gate, the right-hander could spend most of the summer at double-A New Hampshire and may have an opportunity to finish the year at triple-A Buffalo.
Toronto&#8217;s system is counting on arms like Hechavarria to backfill the system following the departures of Stephen, Juaron Watts-Brown (Baltimore) and Kendry Rojas (Minnesota) from this past season&#8217;s trade deadline. For this franchise to remain aggressive in trades, the pipeline must continue producing success stories to ensure the cupboards remain stocked with tradable assets.
Looking ahead to &#8217;26, Hechavarria will be part of the next wave beyond the likes of top pitching prospects Trey Yesavage and Ricky Tiedemann, sitting alongside fellow &#8217;25 breakout star Gage Stanifer, Johnny King, Fernando Perez and Austin Cates.

What a fantastic year from Silvano Hechavarria. 

The 22-year-old righty, making the final start of his first season in North America, delivered another impressive performance with high-A Vancouver on Wednesday, striking out a season-high seven batters across 5.1 innings of two-run ball. He retired the first seven batters he faced before issuing a one-out walk in the third inning, his first of three in the game.

Hechavarria only surrendered three hits, the first of which left Nat Bailey Stadium for a solo home run in the fourth. The other two -- a double followed by a single in the fifth -- resulted in the second run against him, but they were sandwiched around a trio of strikeouts.

Vancouver's offence did its part to provide Hechavarria with plenty of run support en route to an 8-2 victory over the Everett AquaSox (Seattle's high-A affiliate), earning the young hurler his third win in four starts since joining the Canadians last month.

With the Northwest League wrapping up its regular season on Sunday, Hechavarria -- the Toronto Blue Jays' <a href="https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/bluejays/silvano-hechavarria-827664" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No. 26 prospect, per MLB Pipeline</a> -- has reached the end of his second professional campaign with the organization -- his first year of full-season ball, which he split across three levels (Florida Complex League, single-A, high-A).

The native of Cuba <a href="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/2024/06/07/blue-jays-signed-cuban-right-handed-pitcher-silvano-hechavarria-to-a-bonus-of-240000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed out of the Dominican Republic as an international free agent in June 2024</a>, arriving in the Dominican Summer League shortly after. He dominated teenagers at that level, posting a dazzling 1.84 ERA over 10 starts, punching out nearly a third of his batters faced while walking roughly eight per cent of them.

Those stellar results catapulted Hechavarria to the FCL at the beginning of '25, where he made four starts before advancing to single-A Dunedin. And the good times kept on rolling, as he pitched to a sub-two ERA in 11 appearances (seven starts), issuing 53 strikeouts and only 11 walks across 47.1 innings.

https://twitter.com/DunedinBlueJays/status/1954999065877369111

Shortly after the likes of Trey Yesavage and Khal Stephen (traded to Cleveland in July's Shane Bieber deal) passed through Vancouver, Hechavarria received a well-deserved high-A promotion in mid-August. Of the four starts he made, his best was, by far, the 6.2 scoreless innings he turned in on Aug. 22, retiring all but three of his 23 batters faced.

In his four starts with the Canadians, the 6-foot-4 hurler -- who benefits from his high-slot release point -- concludes with a 3.22 ERA in 22.1 innings, registering 19 strikeouts and eight walks. He showcased all four pitches in his brief stint, including his mid-90s four-seamer that reaches 96-97, as well as his mid-90s sinker, high-80s slider that serves as his primary swing-and-miss weapon and a mid-80s work-in-progress changeup.

The Blue Jays' brass will likely have Hechavarria repeat high-A to begin next season, but there's a strong chance he could move quickly through the system if he takes another step in 2026. If all goes smoothly out of the gate, the right-hander could spend most of the summer at double-A New Hampshire and may have an opportunity to finish the year at triple-A Buffalo.

Toronto's system is counting on arms like Hechavarria to backfill the system following the departures of Stephen, Juaron Watts-Brown (Baltimore) and Kendry Rojas (Minnesota) from this past season's trade deadline. For this franchise to remain aggressive in trades, the pipeline must continue producing success stories to ensure the cupboards remain stocked with tradable assets.

Looking ahead to '26, Hechavarria will be part of the next wave beyond the likes of top pitching prospects Trey Yesavage and Ricky Tiedemann, sitting alongside fellow '25 breakout star Gage Stanifer, Johnny King, Fernando Perez and Austin Cates.

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