Pirates in baseball: Trey Yesavage shines again in Vancouver win

by | Jun 7, 2025

With all that East Carolina baseball alum Trey Yesavage has accomplished in his short stint with High-A Vancouver, he can now finally add a win to his resume.

He went five innings and gave up one run in a 10-1 victory over Tri-City. He finished with nine strikeouts and one walk. His only mistake was giving up a solo homer in the fourth, along with one other hit.

It was his third game with nine strikeouts in his last four starts. He had five strikeouts in his third start with Vancouver. Surprisingly, he had not picked up a win in three previous starts, going four innings twice and 4.1 innings in his last outing before Friday.

He is now 4-0 with a 2.13 ERA in 11 starts over 50.2 innings. He has 88 strikeouts and 19 walks with a 0.85 WHIP, giving up 16 runs, 12 earned, on 24 hits.

Fellow ECU alum Carter Cunningham did not play in Friday’s game.

Jeff Hoffman

The Toronto Blue Jays reliever looked like the closer we’ve grown to love on Friday.

The East Carolina baseball alum struck out three of the four batters he faced to nail down a 6-4 win over the Twins for his 14th save of the season. He also dropped his ERA to 5.53.

Hoffman struck out the first two batters before walking Byron Buxton. Hoffman then struck out Trevor Larnach on a foul tip to end it.

It was his first save of June. He’s 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in three appearances over 2.1 innings.

See below to find out what the rest of the Pirates in baseball did on Friday.

Major League Baseball

  • Connor Norby, Miami Marlins: 0-for-4 in 4-3 loss to Rays
  • Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals: Did not play in 5-0 win over Dodgers
  • Shawn Armstrong, Texas Rangers: Did not pitch in 2-0 loss to Nationals
  • Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians: Did not pitch in 4-2 loss to Astros
  • Jeff Hoffman, Toronto Blue Jays: See above
  • Zach Agnos, Colorado Rockies: Took the 4-2 loss after giving up two runs in the ninth. He gave up two hits, walked one and struck out two. It was his first game back since attending the funeral of his grandfather.
  • Clayton McCullough, Miami Marlins (manager): Lost 4-3 to see team drop to 23-38 for season

Triple-A

  • Carson Whisenhunt, Sacramento RiverCats (Giants): Did not pitch in 9-5 win over Sugarland

Double-A

  • Carter Spivey, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): Did not pitch in 2-0 loss to Chesapeake
  • Trey Benton, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): On season-ending disabled list

Single-A

  • Trey Yesavage, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): See above
  • Carter Cunningham, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): See above
  • Josh Moylan, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): 0-for-4 with a walk in 6-0 win over Aberdeen
  • Josh Grosz, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): Did not pitch in 6-0 win over Aberdeen
  • Tyler Bradt, Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals): Did not pitch in 5-1 win over Quad Cities
  • Jacob-Jenkins-Cowart, Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins): 0-for-2 with walk in 3-0 loss to Fort Wayne
  • Ryan McCrystal, Daytona Tortugas (Reds): Did not play in 10-8 win over Lakeland
  • Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman, Modesto Nuts (Mariners): Placed on full-season disabled list on April 15.
  • Erik Ritchie, Florida Coast League Phillies (Phillies): Did not pitch in 2-0 win over FCL Blue Jays
  • Landon Ginn, Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Cubs): Did not pitch in 5-3 win over Kannapolis

Frontier League

  • Danny Beal, Down East Bird Dawgs (Independent): Did not pitch in 10-3 loss to Ottawa

Photo credit: Trey Yesavage (Vancouver Canadians photo)

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