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Looking at Baseball America’s latest Blue Jays’ top 10 prospect list
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Ryley Delaney
Nov 26, 2025, 17:00 ESTUpdated: Nov 26, 2025, 17:02 EST
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The Toronto Blue Jays’ farm system has improved drastically over the past year.
Recently, we looked at how it stands heading into the 2026 season; spoiler alert: it’s pretty good. On Wednesday, Baseball America updated their top 10 list for the Blue Jays to reflect the 2025 season. The entire article, scouting reports and all, can be read here.
Thankfully, the entire list is well-known thanks to the Dunedin Blue Jays tweet below. As you can imagine, Trey Yesavage ranks first. He only made three regular season starts, accruing just 14 days of service time, so he’s still considered a rookie.
Yesavage went on to become one of the most important pitchers during the Blue Jays’ push for a World Series, as he posted a 3.58 ERA and 3.61 FIP in 27.2 innings pitched. Two of those starts were historic, and they’ll go down as all-time best starts for a rookie pitcher. 
The first was his postseason debut against the New York Yankees, where he struck out 11 in five and one-third no-hit innings. In Yesavage’s last start (not appearance), he struck out 12 in seven innings of one-run ball.
Yesavage was picked with the Jays’ first-round pick in the 2024 draft, and he’s followed by two more first-round picks, both happen to be shortstops. Arjun Nimmala was selected 20th overall in 2023, and he was one of the best hitters in the six-team Northwest League, but struggled in the second half of the season. It’s been reported that he was injured, so it makes sense that Baseball America is still high on him.
The Jays’ 2025 first-round pick, JoJo Parker, ranks as their third-best prospect. He’s yet to make his professional debut, but the 19-year-old is considered the Blue Jays’ top hitting prospect according to Baseball America.
Two starters who had breakout years follow their first-round picks. Johnny King ranks fourth, and the left-handed pitcher authored a 2.48 ERA and 3.18 FIP in 61.2 innings pitched with a 39.5 K% and 13.9 BB%. It was the 19-year-old’s first professional season. Ranked fifth is Gage Stanifer, who posted a 2.86 ERA and 2.70 FIP in 110 innings pitched, along with a 35.5 K% and 12.8 BB%.
One player who has slid down the list is Ricky Tiedemann. Formerly the top prospect in the Jays’ organization, the hard-throwing left-handed pitcher missed all of 2025 recovering from Tommy John surgery. The 2023 and 2024 seasons were injury-filled, but the Jays still see the potential as the 23-year-old was added to their 40-man roster in recent times.
King and Stanifer were the big breakouts on the pitching side of things, but Juan Sanchez was the big breakout bat. It’s been a long time since there was a Dominican Summer League prospect worth being excited about, but the shortstop prospect slashed .341/.439/.565 with eight home runs in 253 plate appearances last season. It’ll be interesting to see how he does when he comes stateside next season.
A pair of prospects acquired before the 2024 trade deadline rank in the eighth and ninth spots. RJ Schreck, acquired for Justin Turner, slashed .249/.395/.459 with 18 home runs in 427 plate appearances between Double-A and Triple-A. Yohendrick Piñango had a similar season, but he’s not in the top 10.
The ninth-ranked prospect is Jake Bloss. Unfortunately, the right-handed pitcher threw just 23.2 innings in Triple-A before requiring Tommy John surgery in mid-May. There’s a chance we’ll see the 24-year-old by the end of next season.
Following Bloss is another Jake, their 2025 third-rounder, Jake Cook. Spending his first two collegiate seasons as a pitcher, the 22-year-old made the transition to being a full-time outfielder in 2025, slashing .350/.436/.468 with three home runs in 284 plate appearances with Southern Mississippi.
Cook has some of the best upside for any player in the Blue Jays system. He has an above-average hit tool, 80-grade speed, and plus defence and arm in the outfield; he has lead-off hitter written all over him. The one area of improvement for Cook is power, as it’s well below average.
Standing at 6’3”, 185 lbs, if he can develop a power stroke, the sky truly is the limit for the outfielder.
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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