Format = Place Participant | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Degree Performed | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. 2B Orelvis Martinez | 23 | MLB | 2024
Energy won’t ever be an issue for a 5’11” 200 pound Martinez, whose occasional swing-and-miss points have to be considered within the context of enjoying largely towards older gamers. He was enjoying effectively in 2024 and compelled his means into Toronto’s lineup at second base simply earlier than getting suspended 80 video games for PEDs. He had hit 17 dwelling runs with a 23.8 % strikeout charge in 74 Triple-A video games, however projecting his future is a trickier process now underneath the PED cloud. I are likely to keep away from these guys altogether, a technique I’ve by no means regretted.
2. SS Arjun Nimmala | 19 | A | 2028
The twentieth total decide in 2023, Nimmala is a 6’1” 170 lb proper handed hitter with massive energy and an enormous swing that tends to overlook in a vogue that’s at instances harking back to Javy Baez. Scary sentence, that, however Baez had some monster years on the peak of his athleticism, and the Jays could be thrilled if Nimmala lands someplace close to that on the spectrum of his potential outcomes. In 82 Low-A video games towards largely older gamers, Nimmala hit 16 dwelling runs, stole 9 bases, and struck out 31.3 % of the time, slashing .232/.313/.476 with a 121 wRC+. I virtually ranked him first, however Martinez ought to get his probability to earn a job subsequent yr, so proximity received out ultimately.
3. RHP Jake Bloss | 23 | MLB | 2024
A part of the Yusei Kikuchi haul together with Joey Loperfido and Will Wager, the 6’3” 233 lb Bloss is a thinker and a tinkerer, having constructed himself into four-pitch starter who’s three-quarter launch offers his fastball the journey it must succeed atop the strike zone. It’s the Houston means, and so they clearly focused the graduate pupil in economics whereas he was thriving as Georgetown’s ace. Additionally they taught him tips on how to bury their trademark curveball, so he’s acquired the 2 key Astro traits of warmth up, breaker down and out, and now he’s leaning right into a sweeper together with the remainder of the league. He’s improved in a rush over the previous couple years, and there’s little motive to suspect that’ll cease occurring anytime quickly.
4. OF Alan Roden | 25 | AAA | 2025
A 3rd-round decide in 2022 out of Creighton, Roden has mashed at each stage over the previous two seasons, peaking in 74-game stretch for Triple-A Buffalo that noticed him slash .314/.406/.510 with 9 dwelling runs, eight stolen bases, 41 strikeouts (14.3%), and 35 walks (12.2%). I do know Buffalo is variety to hitters, particularly lefties, and that the 5’11” 215 lb Roden is tailored for that ball park, however it’s exhausting to pretend the type of contact and plate expertise he’s placed on paper over the previous a number of seasons. The pitchers after him have greater upside, most likely, however it’s exhausting to think about a 2025 that doesn’t contain Roden getting a bunch of at bats for the Blue Jays. I virtually ranked him second.
5. RHP Trey Yesavage | 21 | NCAA | 2026
Yesavage has an unbelievable baseball identify, which might be why Toronto picked him twentieth total this yr out of East Carolina, the place he was an ace within the place that’s develop into a pitching manufacturing unit over the previous few years (Gavin Williams, Carson Whisenhunt). At 6’4” 225 lbs, Yesavage has power and steadiness all through his supply, which helps him command a four-pitch arsenal highlighted by a dynamic splitter that tunnels effectively along with his slider, fastball and curve.
6. LHP Ricky Tiedemann | 22 | AAA | 2025
A low three-quarters launch and blistering fastball make Tiedemann a tricky search for batters from both aspect of the plate. At 6’4” 220 lbs, he ought to be capable of maintain one thing like a starter’s workload if he can ever keep wholesome, however that hasn’t been his lot generally, after which he had Tommy John surgical procedure in July. There’s an opportunity that the exhausting reset and rebuild unlock a brand new stage of sustainability for Tiedemann, however you’re betting towards demonstrated actuality up to now should you’re paying for that upside.
7. LHP Kendry Rojas | 22 | A+ | 2026
He’d been good all through his skilled profession, however 2024 was a breakout yr for the 6’2” 190 lb Rojas, who signed out of Cuba in 2020 and has added velocity and power all through his time as Blue Jay. In 55.2 Excessive-A innings, Rojas registered a 2.43 ERA and 1.11 WHIP with 61 strikeouts and 12 walks. A 3-pitch look (fastball, slider, changeup) from the left-side is demise on lower-minors hitters, and he could be an excessive amount of for Double-A hitters early in 2025, which might speed up the timeline I’ve on him right here.
8. 3B Charles McAdoo | 23 | AA | 2025
A thirteenth spherical select of San Jose State in 2023, McAdoo posted a 151 wRC+ in Low-A final yr and a 167 wRC+ in Excessive-A this yr, the place he stole 14 bases and blasted 9 dwelling runs in 60 video games. A powerful right-handed hitter at 6’1” 210 lbs, McAdoo has used the muscle effectively as a professional, shortening as much as lower the strikeouts whereas producing all-fields energy. Looks like he was Discovered Cash for Pittsburgh, who shipped him to Toronto within the Isiah Kiner-Falefa commerce.
9. OF Enmanuel Bonilla | 19 | CPX | 2029
A right-handed hitter at 6’1” 190 lbs, Bonilla signed for $4.1 million in 2023 and may pair effectively with Nimmala to supply highlights and hope for the subsequent era of Jays’ followers. And like Nimmala, Bonilla has a doubtlessly debilitating swing-and-miss situation alongside his double-plus energy. He was overmatched in 53 video games on the advanced, slashing .186/.257/.299 with a 35.5 % strikeout charge. If he doesn’t make extra contact this yr, I’m most likely out.
10. OF Jace Bohrofen | 23 | A+ | 2027
A left-handed hitter at 6’2” 205 lbs, Bohrofen has been bashing for a pair years now with picket bats, first within the Cape Cod League after which in his professional debut in 2023, when he hit seven dwelling runs in simply 24 video games. He discovered the competitors just a little more durable in Excessive-A this season however slashed .254/.364/.433 with 14 dwelling runs and ten steals in 112 video games, which could not leap off the web page however was 26 % higher than league common. He’s a tricky out, hanging out a serviceable 23.7 % whereas taking his walks and attempting to find pitches he can punish.
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