<p>The Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 10-0 in Saturday&#8217;s Spring Breakout game, perhaps indicating a sign of things to come for their minor league players in 2025. Prospect lists continue to roll out this month, projecting who the game&#8217;s next big stars may be. Within the last couple of weeks, MLB Pipeline announced their annual <a href="https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/top100/">top 100 prospects list</a>, as well as a top 30 ranking for each major league team concerning their farm system.</p>
<p>Despite the Blue Jays executing eight trade deadline moves last July, the newly acquired prospects have done little to boost the club&#8217;s farm system ranking among national media outlets, illustrated by their <a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/mlb-pipeline-ranks-the-blue-jays-farm-system-27th">27th ranking per MLB Pipeline</a>.</p>
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<p>Last year around this time, the Blue Jays ranked 24th on the same list, despite not featuring any players on the top 100 list. This year, they boast two top 100 players, yet drop three spots. Let&#8217;s take a closer look to see if this ranking is warranted or not.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Arjun Nimmala is showing out in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpringBreakout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpringBreakout</a>!</p>
<p>The <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlueJays</a> No. 1 overall prospect has two hits and an RBI! <a href="https://t.co/EqrpeE7suj">pic.twitter.com/EqrpeE7suj</a></p>
<p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1900975283366138078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>With the second-half emergence of Arjun Nimmala (#86) last year, as well as the first-round pick of highly touted right-handed pitcher Trey Yesavage (#87), the Blue Jays finally have some juice amongst the top prospects in baseball.</p>
<p>Nimmala has the chance to continue to vault up the rankings in the coming year, especially if he can continue to impress at higher levels this season. Regarding Yesavage, his <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/trey-yesavage-dominates-in-pro-debut-in-spring-breakout">dominant Spring Breakout performance</a> was his first professional appearance, so his ranking is based on potential over anything else. Both players may start at high-A Vancouver this year, which would give us an early sense of just how special each player may be, although Yesavage may also start the year in single-A Dunedin before heading across the country if things go well.</p>
<h2>Toronto&#8217;s system boasts several exciting hitters amongst their top 30 prospects</h2>
<p>Despite Nimmala and Yesavage understandably slotting in near the bottom of the top 100 ranking at this point of their careers, the Blue Jays system has a lot of solid prospects that could take the next step in 2025.</p>
<p>As far as position player prospects go, nobody is generating as much hype as outfielder Alan Roden (#5) has this spring. He has posted gaudy on-base numbers wherever he has played in the minor leagues (career .407 mark) and seems poised to enter the Blue Jays starting outfield plans before too long, potentially pushing the envelope for a callup in 2025. Orelvis Martinez (#3) is a bat-first infielder who was viewed as a top prospect throughout his time in the minors, but a PED suspension last year may hurt his stock and future outlook. Josh Kasevitch (#7) is another infielder who has quietly produced wherever he&#8217;s played as a pro and will be knocking on the big league door in 2025.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Peyton Williams (The Iowa Meat Truck) narrowly missed an extra-base hit in his first at-bat. In his second at-bat, he hit a single to give the Jays a 7-0 lead. <a href="https://t.co/b7NcmfGYN9">pic.twitter.com/b7NcmfGYN9</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ryley Delaney🏳️‍⚧️ (@Ryley__Delaney) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ryley__Delaney/status/1900984542954971375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Further away from the major leagues, the Blue Jays have several hitters with advanced approaches who will continue to make their way up toward the big leagues in the next couple of years. Jace Bohrofen (#25), Peyton Williams (#29), and Adrian Pinto (#23) impressed last year, with the latter two also finding success in the Arizona Fall League. Each appears ready for their next step in double-A this season.</p>
<p>Charles McAdoo (#14), Eddinson Paulino, and Josh Rivera were three of the best hitters that the Jays acquired at the deadline, with McAdoo&#8217;s game proving to be particularly exciting. The third base/outfielder struggled after coming over in the Isiah Kiner-Falefa trade with Pittsburgh but still slashed .279/.364/.479 with 17 home runs and 21 stolen bases across three different affiliates in 2024. His potential to hit for more power has him ranked as the 14th-best Jays prospect entering the year.</p>
<h2>Injuries have led to a lot of turnover among Blue Jays pitching prospects in recent years</h2>
<p>There&#8217;s no question that the debut season of Yesavage will be one of the most intriguing storylines of 2025, but several other pitchers will also be closely monitored.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s worth mentioning that Toronto&#8217;s injury luck amongst their pitchers has considerably lowered expectations from some of their top arms. Former top prospect Ricky Tiedemann (#4) underwent Tommy John surgery and is expected to miss most of if not all of this season. 2022 first-round pick Brandon Barriera (#15) has made just eight appearances as a pro and needed a hybrid internal brace procedure early last year. Finally, Landen Maroudis (#8) was another guy whose season was cut short due to an internal brace procedure, with the hopes of returning to the mound early in 2025. Other pitchers who went down with elbow troubles include Nolan Perry and Chad Dallas.</p>
<p>Jake Bloss may have been the best player that the Blue Jays acquired at last year&#8217;s trade deadline, coming over from Houston in the Yusei Kikuchi deal. The 23-year-old made his debut with Houston last year when the Astros got desperate for a starter, but his struggles at triple-A Buffalo post-trade likely means he returns to the minors to start the season. He slots in as the 6th-ranked Blue Jays prospect.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kendry Rojas freezes ‘em for strike 3! 🥶<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtTheNat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AtTheNat</a> <a href="https://t.co/M9eLNVPmAL">pic.twitter.com/M9eLNVPmAL</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Vancouver Canadians (@vancanadians) <a href="https://twitter.com/vancanadians/status/1822013079984730228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>One of the most exciting homegrown pitching prospects in the system is 10th-ranked prospect Kendry Rojas. After missing some time early in the season, he returned and spun a 2.59 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and 69 strikeouts across 62 2/3 innings at high-A Vancouver. The 22-year-old has impressed in each season he has pitched as a pro, although his season high for innings pitched is just 84. A full season of success in double-A could have him reach the top 100 prospects list next season.</p>
<p>Finally, the Blue Jays have several exciting arms that could develop into shutdown bullpen arms moving forward. Ryan Jennings (#22) produced a sub-1.00 ERA since moving to the bullpen after his promotion to double-A last year and was <a href="https://x.com/KeeganMatheson/status/1899444543973372320">tabbed</a> as the 2024 Blue Jays Minor League Pitcher of the Year. He may have the best chance to emerge as a closer for Toronto down the road. Left-hander Mason Fluharty (#19) also had a solid season in triple-A, and will likely debut at some point in Toronto this summer after his impressive spring. Finally, non-drafted right-hander Alex Amalfi had an excellent season as a multi-inning weapon in Vancouver and could rise through the system quickly in 2025.</p>
<h2>2024 draft picks that could emerge as top prospects this season</h2>
<p>Yesavage is already a top 100 prospect before throwing a professional pitch, but many other young guys will be worth monitoring early on in 2025.</p>
<p>Third basemen Sean Keys (#20) has an advanced feel for hitting, producing a .829 OPS across 20 games with single-A Dunedin after the draft. After his early professional success, there&#8217;s a good chance the 21-year-old starts the year in Vancouver.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Key to victory 🔑</p>
<p>After his first professional home run put Dunedin ahead in the 8th, Sean Keys delivered the game-winning RBI single in the 9th. <a href="https://t.co/j9DsIV7fLS">pic.twitter.com/j9DsIV7fLS</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Dunedin Blue Jays (@DunedinBlueJays) <a href="https://twitter.com/DunedinBlueJays/status/1824260627583348760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Second-round pick Stephen Khal (#11) has drawn rave reviews from the complex despite not pitching as a pro in 2024. He appears to be a guy who could rise quickly through the system and also had a solid showing at the Spring Breakout game this past weekend. Finally, 18-year-old lefty Johnny King (#13) is a ways away from the Major Leagues but has the tools to emerge as one of the club&#8217;s top pitching prospects in the coming years.</p>
<h2>Final Verdict</h2>
<p>Few would label the Blue Jays farm system as one of the best in the league, but their depth should have certainly pushed them higher than their 27th ranking.</p>
<p>Without a deeper analysis of other team&#8217;s prospects, it&#8217;s hard to pinpoint exactly where they should be, but somewhere around the 18-22 range seems a bit more fair. That being said, this seems like a season in which things could drastically change heading into next year.</p>
<p>The organization has a lot of their top guys in the double-A/triple-A stage this year, which may lead to an influx of near-major league ready prospects in 2026. Furthermore, the Blue Jays will pick 8th in the 2025 draft, ensuring that they have the opportunity to add another blue-chip piece to their farm system. I predict a rise of roughly 10 spots in MLB Pipeline&#8217;s ranking by the time next year&#8217;s list rolls around.</p>
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The Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 10-0 in Saturday's Spring Breakout game, perhaps indicating a sign of things to come for their minor league players in 2025. Prospect lists continue to roll out this month, projecting who the game's next big stars may be. Within the last couple of weeks, MLB Pipeline announced their annual <a href="https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/top100/">top 100 prospects list</a>, as well as a top 30 ranking for each major league team concerning their farm system.

Despite the Blue Jays executing eight trade deadline moves last July, the newly acquired prospects have done little to boost the club's farm system ranking among national media outlets, illustrated by their <a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/mlb-pipeline-ranks-the-blue-jays-farm-system-27th">27th ranking per MLB Pipeline</a>.
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Last year around this time, the Blue Jays ranked 24th on the same list, despite not featuring any players on the top 100 list. This year, they boast two top 100 players, yet drop three spots. Let's take a closer look to see if this ranking is warranted or not.

https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1900975283366138078

With the second-half emergence of Arjun Nimmala (#86) last year, as well as the first-round pick of highly touted right-handed pitcher Trey Yesavage (#87), the Blue Jays finally have some juice amongst the top prospects in baseball.

Nimmala has the chance to continue to vault up the rankings in the coming year, especially if he can continue to impress at higher levels this season. Regarding Yesavage, his <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/trey-yesavage-dominates-in-pro-debut-in-spring-breakout">dominant Spring Breakout performance</a> was his first professional appearance, so his ranking is based on potential over anything else. Both players may start at high-A Vancouver this year, which would give us an early sense of just how special each player may be, although Yesavage may also start the year in single-A Dunedin before heading across the country if things go well.
<h2>Toronto's system boasts several exciting hitters amongst their top 30 prospects</h2>
Despite Nimmala and Yesavage understandably slotting in near the bottom of the top 100 ranking at this point of their careers, the Blue Jays system has a lot of solid prospects that could take the next step in 2025.

As far as position player prospects go, nobody is generating as much hype as outfielder Alan Roden (#5) has this spring. He has posted gaudy on-base numbers wherever he has played in the minor leagues (career .407 mark) and seems poised to enter the Blue Jays starting outfield plans before too long, potentially pushing the envelope for a callup in 2025. Orelvis Martinez (#3) is a bat-first infielder who was viewed as a top prospect throughout his time in the minors, but a PED suspension last year may hurt his stock and future outlook. Josh Kasevitch (#7) is another infielder who has quietly produced wherever he's played as a pro and will be knocking on the big league door in 2025.

https://twitter.com/Ryley__Delaney/status/1900984542954971375

Further away from the major leagues, the Blue Jays have several hitters with advanced approaches who will continue to make their way up toward the big leagues in the next couple of years. Jace Bohrofen (#25), Peyton Williams (#29), and Adrian Pinto (#23) impressed last year, with the latter two also finding success in the Arizona Fall League. Each appears ready for their next step in double-A this season.

Charles McAdoo (#14), Eddinson Paulino, and Josh Rivera were three of the best hitters that the Jays acquired at the deadline, with McAdoo's game proving to be particularly exciting. The third base/outfielder struggled after coming over in the Isiah Kiner-Falefa trade with Pittsburgh but still slashed .279/.364/.479 with 17 home runs and 21 stolen bases across three different affiliates in 2024. His potential to hit for more power has him ranked as the 14th-best Jays prospect entering the year.
<h2>Injuries have led to a lot of turnover among Blue Jays pitching prospects in recent years</h2>
There's no question that the debut season of Yesavage will be one of the most intriguing storylines of 2025, but several other pitchers will also be closely monitored.

It's worth mentioning that Toronto's injury luck amongst their pitchers has considerably lowered expectations from some of their top arms. Former top prospect Ricky Tiedemann (#4) underwent Tommy John surgery and is expected to miss most of if not all of this season. 2022 first-round pick Brandon Barriera (#15) has made just eight appearances as a pro and needed a hybrid internal brace procedure early last year. Finally, Landen Maroudis (#8) was another guy whose season was cut short due to an internal brace procedure, with the hopes of returning to the mound early in 2025. Other pitchers who went down with elbow troubles include Nolan Perry and Chad Dallas.

Jake Bloss may have been the best player that the Blue Jays acquired at last year's trade deadline, coming over from Houston in the Yusei Kikuchi deal. The 23-year-old made his debut with Houston last year when the Astros got desperate for a starter, but his struggles at triple-A Buffalo post-trade likely means he returns to the minors to start the season. He slots in as the 6th-ranked Blue Jays prospect.

https://twitter.com/vancanadians/status/1822013079984730228

One of the most exciting homegrown pitching prospects in the system is 10th-ranked prospect Kendry Rojas. After missing some time early in the season, he returned and spun a 2.59 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and 69 strikeouts across 62 2/3 innings at high-A Vancouver. The 22-year-old has impressed in each season he has pitched as a pro, although his season high for innings pitched is just 84. A full season of success in double-A could have him reach the top 100 prospects list next season.

Finally, the Blue Jays have several exciting arms that could develop into shutdown bullpen arms moving forward. Ryan Jennings (#22) produced a sub-1.00 ERA since moving to the bullpen after his promotion to double-A last year and was <a href="https://x.com/KeeganMatheson/status/1899444543973372320">tabbed</a> as the 2024 Blue Jays Minor League Pitcher of the Year. He may have the best chance to emerge as a closer for Toronto down the road. Left-hander Mason Fluharty (#19) also had a solid season in triple-A, and will likely debut at some point in Toronto this summer after his impressive spring. Finally, non-drafted right-hander Alex Amalfi had an excellent season as a multi-inning weapon in Vancouver and could rise through the system quickly in 2025.
<h2>2024 draft picks that could emerge as top prospects this season</h2>
Yesavage is already a top 100 prospect before throwing a professional pitch, but many other young guys will be worth monitoring early on in 2025.

Third basemen Sean Keys (#20) has an advanced feel for hitting, producing a .829 OPS across 20 games with single-A Dunedin after the draft. After his early professional success, there's a good chance the 21-year-old starts the year in Vancouver.

https://twitter.com/DunedinBlueJays/status/1824260627583348760

Second-round pick Stephen Khal (#11) has drawn rave reviews from the complex despite not pitching as a pro in 2024. He appears to be a guy who could rise quickly through the system and also had a solid showing at the Spring Breakout game this past weekend. Finally, 18-year-old lefty Johnny King (#13) is a ways away from the Major Leagues but has the tools to emerge as one of the club's top pitching prospects in the coming years.
<h2>Final Verdict</h2>
Few would label the Blue Jays farm system as one of the best in the league, but their depth should have certainly pushed them higher than their 27th ranking.

Without a deeper analysis of other team's prospects, it's hard to pinpoint exactly where they should be, but somewhere around the 18-22 range seems a bit more fair. That being said, this seems like a season in which things could drastically change heading into next year.

The organization has a lot of their top guys in the double-A/triple-A stage this year, which may lead to an influx of near-major league ready prospects in 2026. Furthermore, the Blue Jays will pick 8th in the 2025 draft, ensuring that they have the opportunity to add another blue-chip piece to their farm system. I predict a rise of roughly 10 spots in MLB Pipeline's ranking by the time next year's list rolls around.

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