1. RHP Trey Yesavage | 22 | MLB | 2025

Yesavage became something of a household name during Toronto’s titillating post-season run despite having pitched just 13 big league innings during the regular season. Part of that was because he was amazing and so were the Blue Jays, but some of that was likely because he has a unique style that’s easy for even a casual baseball fan to recognize. I don’t know if you’ll remember Josh Collmenter. I was surprised to remember him myself, but he’s the last guy I can remember releasing at the 12’o’clock slot this way. The thing about Collmenter was he lacked velocity, sitting in the mid-80’s with his fastball and cutter (84.6 mph in his final season). Nonetheless, he had a career ERA of 3.64 and WHIP of 1.198 in 695.1 innings despite recording just 494 strikeouts. Anywho, Yesavage has a similarly deceptive release point but also has more strength and balance throughout his delivery, which helps him command a three-pitch arsenal highlighted by a dynamic splitter that tunnels well with his fastball and slider. He also throws much, much harder than Collmenter ever did, averaging 94.7 mph on the fastball, 88.7 on the slider and 84.1 on the splitter. His slowest pitch is the same speed as Collmenter’s fastest. Fun stuff. Great comp. I baseball writer. But seriously folks, I think Yesavage is going to be awesome. Heck, he already was.