The Blue Jays farm system is toward the bottom across the sport in terms of depth and high-end talent. The team made some trades at the deadline to improve its farm depth but will need multiple names to break out to solidify the whole as even a league-average system.
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Top Blue Jays Prospects
The Top Tier
1) Orelvis Martinez – 2B/3B, 23 YO
2024 Stats (Triple-A): .267 AVG | .346 OBP | .523 SLG | 17 HR | 0 SB | 23.8 K% | 8.5 BB%
You almost have to take a deep sigh and exhale when reviewing Martinez’s prospect history. He was a huge prospect riser back in 2021, playing across two levels, hitting .261 and belting 28 home runs in 98 games. He looked like an emerging top prospect but saw his stock slip dramatically in 2022 when he hit just .203 against Double-A pitching. He did crank out 30 home runs that season, but his strikeout rate climbed to nearly 30% and it was fair to question whether or not he could handle quality pitching.
Martinez adjusted in 2023 and bounced back to a .243 average with 28 home runs across Double-A and Triple-A. Perhaps most importantly, his strikeout rate improved to 23.4%. He continued his hot bat into 2024, hitting 17 home runs with a .267 average in 74 Triple-A games. His performance earned him a promotion to the big leagues, where he appeared in one game, before getting served an 80-game suspension for testing positive for PEDs.
How much the PEDs impacted his performance is certainly a valid question, but at the very least Martinez should be a reliable power bat in the majors. If he can keep that average around .240 or so, he will be a fantasy asset that is capable of putting up numbers similar to what we see from someone like Eugenio Suárez.
2) Ricky Tiedemann – P, TOR, 22 YO
2024 Stats (CPX/Triple-A): 17.1 IP| 5.19 ERA | 32.5 K% | 19.3 BB%
It was mostly a lost year due to injury for the talented left-hander, as Tiedemann only tossed 17.1 innings in 2024. His results were mixed, but it’s such a small sample and one where he was dealing with an injury that it’s almost best to throw it away completely.
Tiedemann, a 2021 third-round pick by Toronto, had an absolutely massive 2022 season, where he posted a 2.17 ERA and 29.2% K-BB rate across three levels and 78+ frames. As a result, he quickly shot up prospect rankings and was widely considered a Top 5 pitching prospect. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to stay healthy since – in addition to the lost time last year, he only tossed 44 innings in 2023.
Tiedemann is slated to miss all of 2025, too, after undergoing Tommy John surgery in August of last season. All of the missed time is obviously concerning, but the hope is that a fully healthy Tiedemann can return to the hill in 2026. The lack of innings paired with the injury history now point to a more likely bullpen role down the road, but Tiedemann is just 22, so a starter’s future isn’t out of the question entirely either.
3) Trey Yesavage – P, TOR, 21 YO
2024 Stats: N/A
The Blue Jays used the 20th pick in the 2024 draft on the righty Yesavage. The 6’4″ hurler out of East Carolina didn’t appear in a minor league game after being drafted, so we are still eagerly awaiting his professional debut.
What we do know is that Yesavage had an absolutely dominant career for East Carolina, finishing his three-year term with a 2.58 ERA and 295 strikeouts in 195.1 innings pitched. Yesavage capped off his collegiate career with his best season: a 2.03 ERA with 145 strikeouts in 93.1 innings. Oh, and he had a sub-1.00 WHIP and a K-BB rate north of 30%. So all in all, we are looking at a dominant college pitcher that could move quickly through the minors.
4) Jake Bloss – P, 23 YO
2024 Stats (A+/Double-A/Triple-A): 93.1 IP | 3.18 ERA | 23.3 K% | 9.5 BB%
2024 Stats (MLB): 11.2 IP | 6.94 ERA | 20.0 K% | 5.5 BB%
Bloss was one of the pieces that came to Toronto in the Yusei Kikuchi deal. At the time, especially in fantasy circles, Joey Loperfido seemed to be the headliner in the deal but there is a good chance that Bloss becomes the key piece in that transaction for Toronto.
The right-hander put together a nice 2024, especially in the minor leagues. He finished the minor league campaign with a 3.18 ERA and while his strikeout and walk number do not blow you away, they are fine. His walk numbers taking a step in the right direction from 2023 raise Bloss’ floor.
Bloss doesn’t have the same ceiling as the arms above him, but he’s an MLB-ready arm that will likely get some run in the rotation at some point in 2025.
5) Kendry Rojas – P, 22 YO
2024 MiLB Stats (CPX/A/A+): 62.2 IP | 2.59 ERA | 27.5 K% | 5.5 BB%
Statistically speaking, there may not be a prospect in the system that had a better season than Rojas. He did miss some time due to a shoulder injury, but still logged 62.2 frames, most of which came at High-A, and finished with a 22% K-BB rate. Had he thrown enough innings to qualify, that would have ranked 21st overall in all of the minors. Finishing with a 2.59 ERA and a sub-3.00 FIP isn’t too bad either. This backed up a solid 2023 at Low-A, where Rojas logged a 3.75 ERA in 84 innings.
Rojas will likely start the year at Double-A and we will see how he handles facing higher-quality bats. If Rojas starts the years with a few good outings, he could quickly move up prospect lists
6) Arjuan Nimmala – SS, 19 YO
2024 Stats (A/A+): .232 AVG | .325 OBP | .482 SLG | 17 HR | 9 SB | 30.7 K% | 10.0 BB%
Nimmala is a difficult prospect to get a pulse on. On the one hand, he hit 16 home runs in 82 Low-A games as an 18-year-old. That was good for a .245 ISO. That’s an absolutely eye-popping number for someone this young. On the other hand, Nimmala struck out north of 30% last season and only hit .232.
If you’re an optimist on Nimmala, you can point to the fact that his second-half numbers were dramatically better than his first-half numbers. After the minor league All-Star break, Nimmala triple slashed an impressive .255/.320/.522 with a .267 ISO. It’s possible he turned a corner midway through the season, but even still his walk (5.6%) and strikeout (29.2%) rates leave a lot to be desired.
Nimmala is still so young that there is plenty of time for improvements in these areas, but there are enough red flags here to be concerned with the idea that he might be overmatched by quality pitching. Still, the power in the bat is one of the best in the minors.
7) Charles McAdoo – INF, 23 YO
2024 Stats (A+/Double-A): .279 AVG | .364 OBP | .479 SLG | 17 HR | 21 SB | 24.7 K% | 10.4 BB%
The Pirates spent a 13th-round pick in the 2023 draft on McAdoo and he quickly became one of the class’s steals. He spent 21 games at Low-A following the draft and hit .301 with five home runs and five steals, and kicked off 2024 by proving he was too good for High-A, posting a .966 OPS in 60 contests.
McAdoo earned a promotion to Double-A where his hot bat continued for 27 games, hitting .269/.347/.490 before being traded to Toronto for Isiah Kiner-Falefa. McAdoo struggled once being part of the Blue Jays organization, hitting under .200 in 37 Double-A games.
It’s likely that McAdoo isn’t quite the hitter we saw for most of the season, but he’s got the look of a versatile infielder who could do a bit of everything.
Prospects Dynasty Managers Should Know
8) Josh Kasevich – SS, 24 YO
2024 MiLB Stats (A/A+/Double-A/Triple-A): .296 AVG | .348 OBP | .385 SLG | 6 HR | 13 SB | 11.8. K% | 7.1 BB%
Kasevich is a good hitter, but not a fantasy-friendly one. He’s consistently hit for a high average throughout his minor league career, and that could certainly carry over at the MLB level, but he doesn’t offer much power. He has a high probability of being a big leaguer, and in a full-time role, he could provide a good average with 10-15 steals.
9) Adam Macko, P, 24 YO
2024 Stats (A/Double-A/Triple-A): 93.1 IP | 4.63 ERA | 26.9 K% | 9.0 BB%
Macko has good stuff and took a step forward in 2024, despite the ugly ERA. For the first time in his career, his walk rate dipped into the single digits. That did come with a reduced strikeout rate, but overall, a 17.9% K-BB rate is very solid.
That question becomes whether or not that walk rate improvement sticks in 2025. If so, Macko is someone who could see time in the Blue Jays rotation and has some nice strikeout upside. It’s not a stretch for him to be fantasy-relevant this season. If the walks go back to his career norms, a shift to the bullpen could be in the cards once he makes it to the big leagues.
10) Alan Roden – OF, 25 YO
2024 Stats (Double-A/Triple-A): .293 AVG | .391 OBP | .475 SLG | 16 HR | 14 SB | 14.2 K% | 12.1 BB%
Roden’s profile, at least from a fantasy perspective, is similar to Kasevich’s, though Roden’s ceiling is probably a touch higher. He’s a productive career minor leaguer with a little bit of pop and some success as a base-stealer, but he’s already 25 years old, doesn’t profile as a good defender and has yet to appear in a big-league game. That opportunity should come at some point in 2025.
11) Brandon Barriera, – P, 21 YO
2024 Stats (A): 1.1 IP | 13.50 ERA | 12.5 K% | 12.5 BB%
Barriera was a popular breakout pick heading into the 2023 season, and we saw flashes of why that season as he posted a strikeout rate north of 30%, though he was limited to just 20.1 innings. He missed almost the entire 2024 campaign due to injury, too, so that’s essentially two missed seasons and no track record from Barriera. That being said, not many players in this system have this type of upside.
12) Khal Stephen – P, 22 YO
2024 Stats: N/A
Stephen is a 6’4″ righty out of Mississippi State. He didn’t make an appearance in the minors following the 2024 draft, where Toronto took him in the second round. He had a nice final season in college, striking out 107 in 96 innings, and his deep mix has him looking like a potential back-of-the-rotation arm.
13) Fernando Perez – P, 21 YO
2024 Stats (A): 82.0 IP | 4.06 ERA | 25.8 K% | 7.2 BB%
Perez put up a very solid campaign at Low-A last season and will look to build on that in 2025. His FIP and xFIP were both about half a run better than his ERA, which isn’t surprising given his K-BB rate. Perez will likely start 2025 in High-A, and it wouldn’t be shocking to see him become this season’s version of Kendry Rojas.
14) Cade Doughty – INF, 24 YO
2024 Stats (CPX/A/Double-A): .241 AVG | .295 OBP | .350 SLG | 2 HR | 10 SB | 24.0 K% | 6.7 BB%
Unfortunately, Doughty missed a good chunk of 2024 due to a shoulder injury and never truly found his footing. He put together a nice 2023 season at High-A, where he clubbed 18 home runs and hit .264. He’s not a base stealer, so his fantasy ceiling is capped, but Doughty profiles as a decent bat with some pop.
15) Sean Keys – 1B/3B, 21 YO
2024 Stats (A): .293 AVG | .378 OBP | .451 SLG | 1 HR | 2 SB | 21.4 K% | 13.3 BB%
Keys hit an absolutely silly .405 in his junior season at Bucknell University. The Patriot League isn’t exactly spitting out top-quality pitchers, so it’s fair to question just how good Keys’ bat is, but he produced well in his Low-A games post-draft. He could be an interesting prospect, but we need to see him face some quality pitching.
The Next Five
Although these prospects do not crack the Top 15, dynasty managers should keep their eye on these five players.
T.J. Brock – 25 YO – Brock is a relief-only prospect who missed most of 2024 with a forearm injury. He’s put up great strikeout numbers at every stop in the minors and could be a closer if everything breaks right.
Enmanuel Bonilla – 19 YO – Bonilla seemed like a potential prospect on the rise after a great showing in the DSL in 2023, but he struggled big time in 2024, hitting just .186 and striking out 35% of the time in the CPX.
Landen Maroudis – 20 YO – Maroudis is a 2023 fourth-rounder that has barely pitched since being drafted. He’s been good in his extremely small sample of pro ball, but it’s also unclear if he’s going to be ready to go in the spring.
Andres Arias – 18 YO – Arias only appeared in 16 games at the DSL in 2024 but hit .309 during those contests at just 17 years old. Given his lack of track record, he will probably start the year at the DSL again, but he’s one to keep an eye on.
Eddinson Paulino – 22 YO – Paulino is a versatile infielder that Toronto acquired in the Danny Jansen trade. His ceiling is likely in a utility role.
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