On Wednesday, Baseball America released its updated Top 10 prospect list for the defending American League Champion Toronto Blue Jays.
Over the last few years, the Jays’ farm system has been lean, but it does appear to be making a turn, especially with the development of postseason hero Trey Yesavage.
The Top 10, according to BA:
1) Trey Yesavage, RHP
2) Arjun Nimmala, SS
3) JoJo Parker, SS
4) Johnny King, LHP
5) Gage Stanifer, RHP
6) Ricky Tiedemann, LHP
7) Juan Sanchez, SS
8) RJ Schreck, OF
9) Jake Bloss, RHP
10) Jake Cook
Obvious conclusion
There’s no doubt that Yesavage will be No. 1 on any team list until he graduates off the list in early 2026. The first-round pick of the Jays in 2024, he went 1-0 in three regular season appearances with a 3.21 ERA. He then pitched excellently in the playoffs, posting a 0.00 ERA in the ALDS and a 2.84 in three World Series outings (two starts).
Yesavage had never thrown more than 93.1 innings in any season until 2025 when he threw 139.2 cumulative innings. Given the major bump in workload and his importance to the organization moving forward, they may want to be careful with him at some point in 2026.
Other takeaways
–The Blue Jays are loaded with middle infielders, which is a good issue to have. Middle infielders are often athletic enough to make positional switches down the road if necessary and they provide athleticism at the plate and on the bases.
Each of Nimmala (20), Parker (19) and Sanchez (18) are years away from the big leagues, which means Toronto won’t have to worry about blocking someone if they bring back Bo Bichette, at least not for a while.
–Secondly, it should be noted that the Blue Jays don’t have any first basemen in this Top 10. Given the long-term presence of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at the position, it doesn’t really matter, but it is noteworthy.
Should Guerrero ever suffer an injury that keeps him out, the Jays don’t have an easy internal answer.
–While the Jays overall system is getting better, much of this group is concentrated among hyper-young talent, meaning Toronto will have to continue to provide answers for itself in free agency and the trade market in some spots. Yesavage, Tiedemann, Schreck and Stanifer could pay dividends in 2026, but everyone else is likely a ways away from contributing meaningfully to the team. Bloss underwent Tommy John surgery in May and it’s unclear when in 2026 he’ll be back.
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