Mets Prospect Group @bkfan09

Solid “signing” here by the Jays .. Sebastian Silva is Catching Prospect In The 2027 Class. Silva was scouted pretty heavily by the Mets for a time .

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AAA

* OF Roden (25): 69pa, 11.6b%, 8.7k%, .353bip, .350avg, .233iso, 174wrc+
* C Clarke (27): 28pa, 14.3b%, 10.7k%, .429bip, .375avg, .083iso, 160wrc+
* IF Stefanic (29): 119pa, 15.1b%, 11.8k%, .370bip, .319avg, .053iso, 141wrc+
* IF Rivera (24): 88pa, 15.9b%, 30.7k%, .400bip, .270avg, .189iso, 132wrc+
* CF Clase (23): 106pa, 13.2b%, 23.6k%, .438bip, .315avg, .056iso, 127wrc+
* 1B Nunez (24): 118pa, 11.9b%, 26.3k%, .323bip, .260avg, .200iso, 124wrc+
* 1B Tirotta (26): 133pa, 11.3b%, 33.1k%, .368bip, .263avg, .229iso, 124wrc+

Roden still the standout in AAA. But also very nice to see Nunez creep up into the group of excellers here, especially since he's not using high babip to get here.

* UT McCarty (26): 9pa, 0.0b%, 11.1k%, .286bip, .250avg, .250iso, 120wrc+
* OF Robertson (27): 137pa, 14.6b%, 26.3k%, .342bip, .259avg, .155iso, 116wrc+
* OF Loperfido (26): 189pa, 9.0%, 23.8k%, .330bip, .262avg, .140iso, 105wrc+
* C Sanchez (28): 102pa, 8.8b%, 25.5k%, .295bip, .253avg, .187iso, 104wrc+
* UT Barger (25): 45pa, 11.1b%, 28.9k%, .250bip, .211avg, .211iso, 96wrc+
* UT Schneider (26): 143pa, 14.0b%, 31.5k%, .288bip, .207avg, .174iso, 93wrc+
* IF Wagner (26): 30pa, 0.0b%, 13.3%, .250bip, .267avg, .200iso, 90wrc+
* IF Martinez (23): 159pa, 10.1b%, 31.4k%, .279bip, .207avg, .193iso, 87wrc+

Bunch of guys milling around average here. Dissappointed to see Schneider go cold again. The only guy young enough here to care about even if the line doesn't break out above average here is Orelvis. Would be nice to see Wagner start playing again - anyone have an update on him?

* 1B Palmegiani (25): 88pa, 14.8b%, 25.0k%, .213bip, .145avg, .043iso, 64wrc+
* C Bethancourt (33): 78pa, 9.0b%, 17.9k%, .135bip, .162avg, .206iso, 56wrc+
* IF Jimenez (24): 0pa
* IF Kasevich (24): 0pa

Hopefully Jimenez and Kasevich are back up soon.



AA

Age-Appropriate

* IF Paulino (22): 91pa, 7.7b%, 30.8k%, .294bip, .220avg, .146iso, 96wrc+
* IF Harry (22): 74pa, 10.8b%, 29.7k%, .244bip, .185avg, .123iso, 74wrc+
* OF Martinez (22): 41pa, 17.1b%, 14.6k%, .222bip, .182avg, .030iso, 73wrc+

Paulino still holding his own. Harry has dropped off the pace though.


Slightly Old for Level

* OF Pinango (23): 171pa, 15.2b%, 22.2k%, .371bip, .303avg, .218iso, 175wrc+
* OF Bohrofen (23): 151pa, 9.9b%, 32.5k%, .275bip, .213avg, .199iso, 105wrc+
* OF Brown (23): 84pa, 9.5b%, 28.6k%, .367bip, .257avg, .068iso, 96wrc+
* IF McAdoo (23): 132pa, 9.1b%, 36.4k%, .314bip, .193avg, .067iso, 61wrc+
* IF Dejesus (23): 74pa, 6.8b%, 40.5k%, .333bip, .191avg, .103iso, 55wrc+
* C Sharp (23): 79pa, 6.3b%, 27.8k%, .250bip, .171avg, .029iso, 47wrc+

Pinango obviously still the standout, but now it's getting more impressive because he's performing even while his babip is falling back down to earth, and the underlyings are all looking good even as the sample gets to a significant size.

Bohrofen and Brown holding their own right now, but that's not really good enough for their age. Still, not disastrous for them either.

Disastrous for the rest of the names tho.


Old for Level

* OF Schreck (24): 134pa, 13.4b%, 24.6k%, .296bip, .259avg, .277iso, 165wrc+
* UT Doughty (24): 58pa, 3.4b%, 22.4k%, .381bip, .291avg, .091iso, 108wrc+
* 1B Williams (24): 158pa, 10.1b%, 31.6k%, .276bip, .201avg, .115iso, 77wrc+
* IF Rivera (24): 46pa, 6.5b%, 52.2k%, .333bip, .163avg, .093iso, 40wrc+

I'd rather see Schreck getting at bats in buffalo right now than Robertson or Loperfido tbh.

Doughty holding his own but with funky underlyings. Williams finally making some noise recently but he has a big hole to dig out of.


A+

Young for Level

* IF Nimmala (19): 185pa, 10.3b%, 18.4k%, .308bip, .286avg, .255iso, 146wrc+

The jewel of the system....and suddenly his K rates are approaching not just "good for big power guy" but just flat out really good. I never thought i'd see him put up a k-rate this low tbh.


Age Appropriate

* OF Arias (21): 139pa, 12.9b%, 22.3k%, .345bip, .261avg, .092iso, 107wrc+
* IF Coffey (21): 158pa, 10.1b%, 26.6k%, .330bip, .246avg, .109iso, 94wrc+

Both of them holding their own here, which is fine for their age, though a little dissappointing for Arias. Hopefully he goes on a run again now that he's back healthy.


Slightly Old for Level

* IF Pinto (22): 85pa, 9.4b%, 16.5k%, .264bip, .284avg, .324iso, 166wrc+
* IF Harry (22): 52pa, 9.6b%, 19.2k%, .314bip, .277avg, .213iso, 128wrc+
* 3B Keys (22): 174pa, 16.1b%, 23.6k%, .272bip, .223avg, .194iso, 126wrc+
* OF Martinez (22): 44pa, 13.6b%, 20.5k%, .346bip, .257avg, .057iso, 118wrc+
* C Parker (22): 137pa, 8.8b%, 20.4k%, .286bip, .246avg, .180iso, 105wrc+
* C Deschamps (22): 21pa, 4.8b%, 57.1k%, .333bip, .111avg, .000iso, -6wrc+

Most all these guys doing well enough to hold some interest, though not exactly wowing out there.


Old for Level

* IF Goodwin (23): 108pa, 13.9b%, 20.4k%, .277bip, .233avg, .122iso, 102wrc+
* 1B Orf (23): 78pa, 21.8b%, 25.6k%, .282bip, .186avg, .068iso, 99wrc+
* OF Micheletti (23): 141pa, 15.6b%, 19.9k%, .212bip, .190avg, .164iso, 94wrc+

not good enough tbh.


A

Age Appropriate

* OF Shaw (20): 129pa, 21.7b%, 21.7k%, .348bip, .283avg, .222iso, 170wrc+
* UT Chirinos (20): 142pa, 12.0b%, 25.4k%, .349bip, .269avg, .143iso, 121wrc+
* OF Joseph (20): 97pa, 2.1b%, 20.6k%, .288bip, .258avg, .213iso, 115wrc+

Shaw looking awesome, but both the other two looking very good as well.


Slightly Old for Level

* OF Munoz (21): 71pa, 9.9b%, 29.6k%, .417bip, .323avg, .323iso, 187wrc+
* C Duran (21): 159pa, 11.3b%, 21.4k%, .370bip, .296avg, .170iso, 141wrc+
* IF Beltre (21): 179pa, 11.7b%, 14.0k%, .308bip, .268avg, .102iso, 111wrc+
* OF Aponte (21): 149pa, 6.7b%, 27.5k%, .311bip, .243avg, .199iso, 109wrc+
* IF Toman (21): 138pa, 8.7b%, 29.0k%, .321bip, .223avg, .099iso, 85wrc+

Duran impressing for sure. The others good enough to keep an eye on....aside from Toman.


Old for Level

* 2B Freethy (22): 103pa, 21.4b%, 22.3k%, .309bip, .231avg, .154iso, 133wrc+
* C Tibbitts (22): 82pa, 12.2b%, 29.3k%, .326bip, .246avg, .200iso, 121wrc+

good lines. should be moved up tho.

We took Yesavage with the 20th pick last year. The other college pitchers in the first round were Chase Burns (2), Hagen Smith (5), Jurrangelo Cijntje (15), Ben Hess (26) and Brody Brecht (38).

Yesavage and Brecht were the only ones to start in single-A. To recap Yesavage's season to date, had great peripherals and results in Dunedin: 15 K/9 and 2 BB/9 with an ERA and FIP of 2.43/2.44. In two starts in Vancouver, he's gone 8 innings with an overwhelming 19 strikeouts but six walks as well. Brecht is still in single-A, where he has a decent ERA of 3.26 and 16 K/9, but also 7 BB/9.

Ben Hess and Cijntje started and remain in high-A. Hess has been strong, with 13 K/9, 5 BB/9 and an ERA, FIP and xFIP in the low-to-mid 3s. Cijntje has been less impressive: 9.6 K/9, but 6 BB/9 and a FIP of 5.78.

Hagen Smith pitched last year in high-A and started this year in AA, where he's doing well, but walking 7 per 9 and is currently on the IL with elbow soreness, never a good thing to hear. Chase Burns has also made it to AA, but has no blemishes on his record - ERA, FIP and xFIP are all under 2.

I think it's fair to say that, in the early going, Yesavage has outperformed most of the other college pitchers taken last year. Based on performance, he certainly has surpassed Cijntje. And while Burns remains the best prospect in this group, I think the gap between Hagen Smith and Yesavage has narrowed, even though Smith has been moved faster.

In the FCL 19 year old Bonilla is doing better recently. 18 year old A Arias and Gaxiola are also doing well. They are all tall.

Great assessment Gabriel. I was not very high on Hess, and he has exceeded expectations (boo Yankees). On the flip side, I expected Cijntje to be a lot better, and if he was available at 20, the Jays likely would have taken him.

Definitely some good May performances to date. As UO noted, Nunez has quietly moved up in performance. 1.068 OPS in May. He's barely seen lefties (19 PA) but has a .993 OPS on the season against them.


Good May Performances:

AAA
Orelvis - .863 OPS
Estrada - 1.93 ERA, 18.2 IP 5 BB 17 K
Van Eyk (split AAA/AA) - 2.00 ERA, 18 IP 6 BB 14 K

AA
Pinango - .937 OPS (despite a terrible .238 OPS week)
Schreck - 1.134 OPS
Rogers (Split AA/A+) - 1.77 ERA, 20.1 IP 9 BB 19 K

A+
Nimmala - .913 OPS
Keys - .857 OPS
Yesavage (split A+/A) - 1.88 ERA, 24 IP 6 BB 46 K
Stephen (split A+/A) - 2.04 ERA, 17.1 IP 3 BB 24 K
Stanifer (split A+/A) - 2.65 ERA, 17 IP 12 BB 30 K

A
Shaw - 1.018 OPS
Duran - .965 OPS
Chirinos - .841 OPS
Aponte - .839 OPS
Joseph - .835 OPS

Reliever shoutouts: Bash, Dominguez, Jennings, Gallagher, Peterson, Martin.

Pipelines Sundays top prospect performances

Trey Yesavage, RHP, Vancouver (TOR No. 2/MLB No. 71)
After overpowering the competition at Single-A, the talented Yesavage has quickly acclimated to High-A too. The 21-year-old righty put on a clinic for missing bats in his second start for Vancouver, striking out nine over four one-hit shutout innings. He punched out five straight batters at one point, though he did issue three walks. Still, it's been a smooth transition for last year's 20th overall pick. Yesavage has racked up 19 strikeouts in eight innings over his first two starts for Vancouver.

i've been holding off on paying too much attention to yesavage given both that he wasn't yet at an age appropriate level and that pitching prospects have been pretty dang heartbreaking for us in recent years, but it's nice to see him dominating at age-appropriate A+ right away. Now he starts to get exciting to me.

There are two Blue Jays farmhands on the BA 20 Hot Sheet prospects list this week:

Nimmala #8 — “This is what future stars look like.”

Yesavage #12 — “If he continues to beat up on High-A competition, Yesavage should be in Double-A by the all-star break.”

Francys Romero@francysromeroFR

Cuban RHP Silvano Hechavarria (22) has been promoted to Dunedin, the Toronto Blue Jays’ Single-A affiliate.

Hechavarria signed in 2024 and, during his 2025 stint in the FCL, posted a 2.12 ERA with 10 strikeouts over 17 innings while consistently sitting at 96–97 mph.

Nice, it'll be good to get some Statcast data on Hechavarria.

Dunedin is still a little short on starters, though they can get away with it for a bit due to various rehabs (Turnbull, McElvain, Macko, etc). I would expect Maroudis will be there soon as reinforcement, and Barriera should be starting his rehab soon.

FCL Jays won 15-4. Troy Guthrie and Aiden Taggart throw in the low 90s according to gameday. But they showed good control.

Good performance for Licourt. Triple, HR, 6 RBI. His strikeout rate is still a bit high, but I expect him and Beckles to be in Dunedin this year.

Jays content from BA's Prospect Hot Sheet Chat:

"Arjun Nimmala has got to be in the top 40-30 prospects in the game right? If he keeps up what he’s doing, where do you see him finishing the year rankings wise?"

He could finish Top 25 by the end of the year if the production remains. He's doing unreal stuff at 19

"Is there any chance where Trey Yesavage becomes a front of the rotation type of guy?"

There's always a chance, but right now he's likely a mid-rotation arm.

Age 19

* Guerrero AAA: 128pa, 11.7b%/7.8k%, .323bip/.336avg, .227iso, 175wrc+
* Guerrero AA: 266pa, 7.9b%/10.2k%, .402bip/.402avg, .269iso, 198wrc+

- consensus #1 prospect in baseball after this year

* Nimmala A+: 185pa, 10.3b%/18.4k%, .308bip/.286avg, .255iso, 146wrc+

* Bichette A+: 182pa, 7.7b%/14.3k%, .360bip/.323avg, .140iso, 139wrc+
* Bichette A: 317pa, 8.8b%/17.4k%, .452bip/.384avg, .239iso, 195wrc+

- consensus Top #10-20 prospect in baseball after this year

* Orelvis A+: 125pa, 8.0b%/22.4k%, .197bip/.214avg, .277iso, 105wrc+
* Orelvis A: 326pa, 10.1b%/26.1k%, .333bip/.279avg, .293iso, 150wrc+

- Top #35-75 prospect in baseball after this year.


Nimmala is clearly surpassing Orelvis at the same age, by a lot. Higher level, better topline numbers, much better underlying numbers, and much better defensive projections.

I'd also say Nimmala is surpassing Bo as a prospect at this point - similar top-line numbers, but better patience and power numbers while Bo was always babip-reliant, and Nimmala seems to have a better defensive projection too (though i could be wrong about that).

And obviously Nimmala's bat is nowhere near what Vladdy was, but then again the bar for an SS is far far lower than for an all-bat prospect.


Overall prospect quality varies from year to year obviously, and i don't know what the current class actually looks like individually up top, but if Nimmala keeps this up he should probably be approaching top-10 prospect type value imo.

Another post from me, listened to Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo's podcast which had long segments on Nimmala and Yesavage.

Nimmala

- Electric bat speed
- Strength gains still to be had
- Still some mild concern with swing and miss, esp against secondaries, despite the lower strikeout rate he is still whiffing a lot
- Max effort swings leaving him exposed at times, but then will shorten his swing and make quality adjustments
- Unsure if he'll still stay at SS vs 3B but definite future in the infield

Yesavage

- Phenomenal splitter, quality slider
- They don't believe the collapsed lung was the reason teams were worried about his medicals, so some question marks there as to what it was
- Really well-rounded, think he's a #2-3 starter
- No concerns with his delivery

Don't think it's true that he's "still whiffing a lot".

Age 19 swinging strike percentage

* Vladdy AAA: 7.2%
* Vladdy AA: 11.6%

* Nimmala A+: 10.9%

* Bichette A+: 10.3%
* Bichette A: 9.9%

* Orelvis A+: 15.6%
* Orelvis A: 16.4%


Again, obviously not at vladdy's level.

But similar to Bo - who was even then already famous for his contact ability and especially his 2-strike approach.

And obviously way way better than a guy like Orelvis at this stage - there's a guy for whom swinging strikes was clearly an issue.

Nimmala's 13.8swst% last year was a bit more concerning.

Yeah, regardless he's improved significantly and it's hard not to get excited about his future.

I'll have to try and listen to the podcast.

A note on Nimmala's swing-and-miss. As far as I know, there's no public way to get game-by-game data on his contact rate. But I've been paying attention, and in the first week or two, Nimmala had a contact rate in the 60s; a few weeks ago, he got to 70%; it's now sitting at 75%. That is rapid improvement, and he must be running a contact rate of 80% or so over the past couple weeks to bring his season rate up so quickly.

Any time a prospect shows rapid improvement in a significant skill I'm encouraged, not merely because it gets them closer to being of major-league calibre, but because it shows they are quick adaptors.

Leo Jimenez is back with Buffalo. No sign of Kasevich in AAA yet.

Leo back and starts the game off with a line drive at 108.6 mph.

I really like Jimenez. His transition to the majors was a little rough, and he improved over time. I'm still not sure what to think of him defensively, but if he can handle SS adequately, I think he could establish himself as a starter next year.

I'm wondering if he could excel defensively at 3B and/or 2B.

The (limited) data from last year suggests that he was above average defensively at 2B and about average or a little below at SS. That matches the eye test for me.

looks like mcAdoo returned from his complex stint (quicker than i expected) and had a HR and BB.

With any luck Jimenez will be at full strength and read to go fill in for Bo after the trade deadline...

"Don't think it's true that he's "still whiffing a lot"."

I agree %100 uglyone, I haven't seen him play but I have seen many at bats on gameday, (all that I can), and he appears to make good contact when he swings and according to recent comments he swings really hard, now imagine Nimmala just focusing on making good contact when he learns with his "electric bat speed" he is going to hit many xtra bases anyway.

In fact going into todays games Nimmala was leading the Northwest league (A+) in extra base hits with 23 although his is 2 yrs young for the level!!!

It's really alluring to think how good he could be on both sides of the ball, especially as he clearly is striking out less and less and hitting for higher ave. as time goes on.

I believe he will be ranked in the top 20 by BA by seasons end if his trajectory continues.