Troy Guthrie ranks as Blue Jays Nation’s 45th-best prospect in 2025 mid-season update
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Aug 18, 2025, 14:00 EDTUpdated: Aug 18, 2025, 08:34 EDT
Toronto Blue Jays’ prospect Troy Guthrie is one of many exciting young starters in the system.
This is Blue Jays Nation’s annual mid-season prospect list, where we’ll take a look at the 50 best prospects in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. I’ll look at the player’s stats, what other publications have to say, as well as my own observations of the players.
Guthrie ranks as our 45th-best prospect in the Blue Jays’ system in our 2025 mid-season update. If you missed the last article, Enmanuel Bonilla ranked as the 46th-best prospect in the organization.
Getting to know Troy Guthrie…
Position: Starting pitcher
Throws: Right
Born: November 3, 2005
Acquired: 11th round, 2024 draft
Previous ranking: Unranked
In recent times, the Blue Jays have found some interesting starting pitchers out of high school. They selected Brandon Barriera, Gage Stanifer and Nolan Perry in 2022, Landen Maroudis in 2023, as well as Johnny King, Carson Messina, and Guthrie in the 2024 draft. Messina’s season has been plagued by injuries, and King will appear much later on this list.
Guthrie had a solid debut season, winning the Florida Complex League title with the FCL Blue Jays. The 19-year-old right-handed pitcher made three starts in 11 appearances, pitching 43.1 innings with a 2.28 ERA and 2.76 FIP. Guthrie’s 21.6 K% doesn’t pop out, but he’s shown advanced control for such a young age, posting a 4.2 BB% in his first season.
Before the draft, Guthrie was sitting in the low-90s with his fastball that comes with some spin. Guthrie also has a curveball as his primary secondary, which sits in the high-70s. His other pitch is a changeup. Guthrie isn’t a flamethrower by any means, but he’s shown the ability to command the zone well, which is encouraging from such a young pitcher.
With the FCL season wrapping up at the end of July, Guthrie’s season has likely come to an end, at least for any organized team. There is a new unofficial league dubbed the “Bridge League”, which basically is minor-league Spring Training games, but after the FCL ends. So it wouldn’t be surprising if he’s getting some additional work in
Next season, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Guthrie start the season with the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays, which is a notable step up for the right-handed pitcher.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.