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Blue Jays: Arjun Nimmala, Trey Yesavage, and JoJo Parker rank in Baseball America’s latest top 100 list
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Ryley Delaney
Jul 28, 2025, 18:00 EDTUpdated: Jul 28, 2025, 16:35 EDT
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The Toronto Blue Jays‘ farm system has drastically improved.
On Monday morning, Baseball America re-did their top 100 prospect list for all of baseball, and three Blue Jays’ prospects made the list: Arjun Nimmala at 42nd, Trey Yesavage at 62nd, and JoJo Parker at 73rd.
Starting with Parker, the shortstop was selected eighth overall by the Blue Jays earlier this month from Purvis High School in Purvis, Mississippi. The slot value for this pick was $6.81 million, but Parker signed an under-slot deal worth $6.2 million, as the Jays were able to use the savings elsewhere in the draft class. Parker has yet to make his professional debut this season, and if he does, it’ll be with the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays.
Parker isn’t the top-ranked prospect in the Blue Jays system, as 2023 first-round pick Nimmala ranks as Baseball America’s 42nd-best prospect in baseball. This season with the High-A Vancouver Canadians, the 19-year-old is slashing .230/.325/.399 with 11 home runs in 400 plate appearances.
It’s worth noting that Nimmala has struggled at the plate since the start of June, as he’s slashing just .167/.275/.262 with two home runs in 193 plate appearances for a 52 wRC+. This isn’t unexpected, as Nimmala is one of the youngest players in High-A this season, and there are just five other teams in the Northwest League, meaning the adjustments are made rather quickly.
Yesavage, whom the Blue Jays selected 20th overall in the 2024 draft, is off to a fantastic start in his professional career. Splitting his time between the D-Jays, Canadians, and Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the 21-year-old has a 3.01 ERA and 2.75 FIP in 71.2 innings pitched, with a 41.1 K% and 10.6 BB%. His 116 strikeouts this season rank as the fifth-most in all of the minors, and his 14.57 K/9 is the highest for any pitcher with 50 or more innings pitched.
The 21-year-old’s numbers in Double-A haven’t been great, as he has a 5.14 ERA and 3.40 FIP in 21 innings pitched, with a 32.6 K% and 12.8 BB%. That said, he went 12 up, 12 down in his latest start on July 26, striking out five in the process.
Of course, some notable players didn’t make the list as well. Johnny King has had a terrific season, Kendry Rojas looks as if he could make the top 100 list in a few seasons, Ricky Tiedemann is a former top 100 prospect who could be back this season, and Juaron Watts-Brown has the sixth-most strikeouts in the minor leagues this season.
It’s not a hot take to say that the Blue Jays have a top 10 pitching prospect pool in the big leagues, and as pitchers continue to develop, more and more players may end up on the top 100 list.
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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