Format = Position Player | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Level Played | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. 2B Orelvis Martinez | 23 | MLB | 2024
Power will never be a problem for a 5’11” 200 pound Martinez, whose occasional swing-and-miss issues need to be viewed in the context of playing mostly against older players. He was playing well in 2024 and forced his way into Toronto’s lineup at second base just before getting suspended 80 games for PEDs. He had hit 17 home runs with a 23.8 percent strikeout rate in 74 Triple-A games, but projecting his future is a trickier task now under the PED cloud. I tend to avoid these guys altogether, a strategy I’ve never regretted.
2. SS Arjun Nimmala | 19 | A | 2028
The 20th overall pick in 2023, Nimmala is a 6’1” 170 lb right handed hitter with big power and a big swing that tends to miss in a fashion that’s at times reminiscent of Javy Baez. Scary sentence, that, but Baez had some monster years at the peak of his athleticism, and the Jays would be thrilled if Nimmala lands somewhere near that on the spectrum of his potential outcomes. In 82 Low-A games against mostly older players, Nimmala hit 16 home runs, stole nine bases, and struck out 31.3 percent of the time, slashing .232/.313/.476 with a 121 wRC+. I almost ranked him first, but Martinez should get his chance to earn a job next year, so proximity won out in the end.
3. RHP Jake Bloss | 23 | MLB | 2024
Part of the Yusei Kikuchi haul along with Joey Loperfido and Will Wager, the 6’3” 233 lb Bloss is a thinker and a tinkerer, having built himself into four-pitch starter who’s three-quarter release gives his fastball the ride it needs to succeed atop the strike zone. It’s the Houston way, and they obviously targeted the graduate student in economics while he was thriving as Georgetown’s ace. They also taught him how to bury their trademark curveball, so he’s got the two key Astro traits of heat up, breaker down and out, and now he’s leaning into a sweeper along with the rest of the league. He’s improved in a hurry over the past couple years, and there’s little reason to suspect that’ll stop happening anytime soon.
4. OF Alan Roden | 25 | AAA | 2025
A third-round pick in 2022 out of Creighton, Roden has mashed at every level over the past two seasons, peaking in 74-game stretch for Triple-A Buffalo that saw him slash .314/.406/.510 with nine home runs, eight stolen bases, 41 strikeouts (14.3%), and 35 walks (12.2%). I know Buffalo is kind to hitters, especially lefties, and that the 5’11” 215 lb Roden is tailor-made for that ball park, but it’s hard to fake the kind of contact and plate skills he’s put on paper over the past several seasons. The pitchers after him have higher upside, probably, but it’s hard to imagine a 2025 that doesn’t involve Roden getting a bunch of at bats for the Blue Jays. I almost ranked him second.
5. RHP Trey Yesavage | 21 | NCAA | 2026
Yesavage has an incredible baseball name, which is probably why Toronto picked him 20th overall this year out of East Carolina, where he was an ace in the place that’s become a pitching factory over the past few years (Gavin Williams, Carson Whisenhunt). At 6’4” 225 lbs, Yesavage has strength and balance throughout his delivery, which helps him command a four-pitch arsenal highlighted by a dynamic splitter that tunnels well with his slider, fastball and curve.
6. LHP Ricky Tiedemann | 22 | AAA | 2025
A low three-quarters release and blistering fastball make Tiedemann a tough look for batters from either side of the plate. At 6’4” 220 lbs, he should be able to sustain something like a starter’s workload if he can ever stay healthy, but that hasn’t been his lot in general, and then he had Tommy John surgery in July. There’s a chance that the hard reset and rebuild unlock a new level of sustainability for Tiedemann, but you’re betting against demonstrated reality to this point if you’re paying for that upside.
7. LHP Kendry Rojas | 22 | A+ | 2026
He’d been good throughout his professional career, but 2024 was a breakout year for the 6’2” 190 lb Rojas, who signed out of Cuba in 2020 and has added velocity and strength throughout his time as Blue Jay. In 55.2 High-A innings, Rojas registered a 2.43 ERA and 1.11 WHIP with 61 strikeouts and 12 walks. A three-pitch look (fastball, slider, changeup) from the left-side is death on lower-minors hitters, and he might be too much for Double-A hitters early in 2025, which would accelerate the timeline I have on him here.
8. 3B Charles McAdoo | 23 | AA | 2025
A 13th round pick out of San Jose State in 2023, McAdoo posted a 151 wRC+ in Low-A last year and a 167 wRC+ in High-A this year, where he stole 14 bases and blasted nine home runs in 60 games. A strong right-handed hitter at 6’1” 210 lbs, McAdoo has used the muscle well as a pro, shortening up to decrease the strikeouts while generating all-fields power. Seems like he was Found Money for Pittsburgh, who shipped him to Toronto in the Isiah Kiner-Falefa trade.
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 should pair well with Nimmala to provide highlights and hope for the next generation of Jays’ fans. And like Nimmala, Bonilla has a potentially debilitating swing-and-miss issue alongside his double-plus power. He was overmatched in 53 games on the complex, slashing .186/.257/.299 with a 35.5 percent strikeout rate. If he doesn’t make more contact this year, I’m probably out.
10. OF Jace Bohrofen | 23 | A+ | 2027
A left-handed hitter at 6’2” 205 lbs, Bohrofen has been bashing for a couple years now with wooden bats, first in the Cape Cod League and then in his pro debut in 2023, when he hit seven home runs in just 24 games. He found the competition a little tougher in High-A this season but slashed .254/.364/.433 with 14 home runs and ten steals in 112 games, which might not leap off the page but was 26 percent better than league average. He’s a tough out, striking out a serviceable 23.7 percent while taking his walks and hunting for pitches he can punish.
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