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Blue Jays: Trey Yesavage gives up two home runs, strikes out five in latest rehab outing
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Ryley Delaney
Apr 15, 2026, 16:30 EDTUpdated: Apr 15, 2026, 16:17 EDT
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It looks like the Toronto Blue Jays could get Trey Yesavage back sooner rather than later.
On Wednesday afternoon, the 22-year-old made his third rehab appearance, this time with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. It wasn’t his greatest start by any means, throwing four and one-third innings with three earned runs, a walk, and five strikeouts. Let’s take a look at how it went.
Slated for four innings or 65-70 pitches, Yesavage generated a lineout for the first out of the bottom of the first. He struck out Robert Hassell III with a down-and-away splitter that had a velocity of 82.9 mph. However, Yesavage gave up a solo home run to Dylan Crews, the first actual home run he’s given up on his rehab assignments. He got out of the inning by striking out Abimelec Ortiz with an 88.2 mph slider way down in the zone.
Andrés Chaparro led off the bottom of the second with a solo blast on a middle-middle slider, Yesavage’s second earned run of the game. The following two batters, Yohandy Morales and former Blue Jay Riley Adams, both hit singles to put runners on the corners. Trey Lipscomb grounded into a double play, scoring the runner from third for Yesavage’s third earned run of the game. Yesavage got out of the second thanks strikeout on a 93.7 mph fastball way outside.
The 22-year-old settled down from there. Christian Franklin grounded out to lead-off the bottom of the third, followed by a second strikeout of Hassell III, this time thanks to a hung slider that clocked in at 88.1 mph. Crews flew out to end the inning.
In the bottom of the fourth, Yesavage struck out Ortiz thanks to an 83.4 mph splitter in the dirt. He followed that up with a walk and a single, but got out of the inning thanks to a double play ball. Yesavage faced three batters in the bottom of the fifth, getting Lipscomb to ground out, followed by singles from Zack Short and Franklin. Jesse Hahn replaced Yesavage, walking the next batter, but getting two strikeouts to end Yesavage’s line.
Overall, Yesavage threw 71 pitches, but only 42 of them were for strikes. Of the three rehab outings, this was his worst in terms of command. Diving deeper into the stats, his fastball sat 93.3 mph, down from last year’s average of 94.7 mph. He generated 12 whiffs on 33 total swings, three on 18 swings with the heater, four on 10 swings on his slider, and five on five swings on his splitter.
It’s been said that if all goes well, Yesavage could join the Blue Jays during this road trip, likely when they head to Anaheim to face the Los Angeles Angels. Hopefully, that is the case as the Blue Jays really need some reinforcements in their rotation. José Berríos is set to start for the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays on Thursday as well.
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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