Trey Yesavage
{{Short description|American baseball player (born 2003)}}
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|position = Pitcher
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|birth_place = Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|bats = Right
|throws = Right
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Trey David Yesavage (born July 28, 2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He was drafted 20th overall in the 2024 MLB draft by the Blue Jays. He is ranked second on Major League Baseball's 2025 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list,{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/prospects/bluejays/|title=Prospect Rankings 2025|work=MLB.com|accessdate=March 25, 2025}} and 87th overall on the 2025 Top 100 MLB prospects list.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/top100/|title=Top 100 Baseball Prospects|work=MLB.com|accessdate=March 25, 2025}}
Amateur career
Yesavage grew up in Boyertown, Pennsylvania and attended Boyertown Area High School.{{cite web|url=https://www.readingeagle.com/2023/06/30/wilson-grad-luke-holman-boyertown-grad-trey-yesavage-selected-to-collegiate-national-team-by-usa-baseball/|title=Wilson grad Luke Holman, Boyertown grad Trey Yesavage selected to Collegiate National Team by USA Baseball|first=Brian|last=Smith|work=Reading Eagle|date=June 30, 2023|access-date=May 8, 2024}}
Yesavage spent his freshman season with the East Carolina Pirates as a relief pitcher and had a 4.50 ERA over 34 appearances.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/10-top-mlb-draft-prospects-from-non-power-5-conference-programs/|title=10 Top MLB Draft Prospects From Non-Power 5 Conference Programs|work=Baseball America|date=January 10, 2024|access-date=May 8, 2024}} He went 7-1 with a 2.61 ERA and 105 strikeouts as a sophomore.{{cite web|url=https://247sports.com/college/east-carolina/article/trey-yesavage-ecu-baseball-scouting-report-team-usa-213067305/|title=Read a scouting report on ECU pitcher Trey Yesavage from his time with Team USA|first=Stephen|last=Igoe|website=247Sports.com|date=July 21, 2023|access-date=May 8, 2024}} After the season, Yesavage was selected to play for the Team USA Collegiate National Baseball Team.{{cite web|url=https://www.fayobserver.com/story/sports/college/acc/2024/05/01/college-baseball-unc-ecu-duke-nc-state-uncw-campbell-wake-forest-trey-yesavage-chase-burns/73495863007/|title=ECU's Trey Yesavage among college baseball's top players in NC|work=The Fayetteville Observer|date=May 1, 2024|access-date=May 8, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5414137/2024/04/15/2024-mlb-draft-kellon-lindsey-trey-yesavage-vance-honeycutt/|title=2024 MLB Draft notes on risers Kellon Lindsey, Trey Yesavage; plus NHSI notes and more|first=Keith|last=Law|website=The Athletic|date=April 15, 2024|access-date=May 8, 2024}} He was named a preseason first-team All-American entering his junior season.{{cite web|url=https://www.reflector.com/sports/college/ecu-roundup-yesavage-named-first-team-all-american/article_aeea01c4-abcd-11ee-bd77-dfad389f9983.html|title=ECU roundup: Yesavage named first-team All-American|work=The Daily Reflector|date=January 5, 2024|access-date=May 8, 2024}}
Professional career
Yesavage was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round, with the 20th overall selection, of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. On August 1, 2024, Yesavage signed with Toronto on a $4.1 million contract.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Steve |date=2024-08-01 |title=Blue Jays, First-Rounder Trey Yesavage Agree To Deal |url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/08/blue-jays-first-rounder-trey-yesavage-agree-to-deal.html |access-date=August 1, 2024 |website=MLB Trade Rumors |language=en}}
References
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External links
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- [https://ecupirates.com/sports/baseball/roster/trey-yesavage/12895 East Carolina Pirates bio]
{{2024 College Baseball Consensus All-Americans}}
{{2024 MLB Draft}}
{{Toronto Blue Jays first-round draft picks}}
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Category:Baseball players from Berks County, Pennsylvania
Category:East Carolina Pirates baseball players
Category:People from Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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