TREY YESAVAGE RHP

Over three seasons at East Carolina, Yesavage went from a reliever to a key piece of the Pirates' rotation.

- by GEOFF PONTES

Born: July 28, 2003. B-T: R-R. HT: 6-4. WT: 225.

Drafted: East Carolina, 2024 1st round).

Signed by: Coulson Barbiche.

TRACK RECORD: As a junior in 2024, he went 11-1 with a 2.03 ERA and struck out 145 in 93.1 innings. Late in that season, Yesavage suffered a partially collapsed lung due to an off-the-field medical procedure. He returned during regionals and outpitched Wake Forest ace Chase Burns. After Yesavage ranked as the No. 11 player in the 2024 class, questions around his medicals dropped him to the Blue Jays at pick No. 20. He signed for a little over $4.75 million and would debut the following spring with Low-A Dunedin. Toronto was deliberate with Yesavage's workload and slowly moved him across each level of the full-season minors before he made his major league debut on Sept. 15. Not only did Yesavage make the Blue Jays' postseason roster, he made five starts during Toronto's run to the World Series. His biggest moment came in Game 5 of the World Series, when he threw seven innings of one-run ball, striking out 12 Dodgers batters to set a World Series rookie record.