The big leagues are about to have a Trey Day.
The Toronto Blue Jays have called up ECU alum Trey Yesavage. He will start Monday against the Rays, the team announced Sunday..
Yesavage, 22, started the season at Low Class-A Dunedin, where he had seven starts, to Triple-A Buffalo, where he’s had six starts. He also had four starts with High-A Vancouver and eight with Double-A New Hampshire. For the season, he is 5-1 with a 3.12 ERA a 0.97 WHIP, 160 strikeouts and 41 walks over 98 innings.
CBS Sports’ R.J. Anderson had this scouting report on Yesavage st the start of the season:
“His game is built on verticality: beginning with his steep release point and extending to an arsenal that includes, among other pitches, a rising fastball, a hammer curve, and a split-change.”
“Yesavage’s delivery features some unusual aesthetics. He has a short stride that leaves him upright at release, as well as a high arm slot that allows him to loosen the ball more than seven feet from the ground. Understandably, his arsenal is built around north-and-south movement rather than east-and-west. You’re not going to catch him throwing a sweeper away from a right-handed hitter or busting a lefty in with a well-placed cutter. All three of his pitches — fastball, slider, splitter — average arm-side movement.
“That dynamic hasn’t prevented Yesavage from carving up minor-league lineups. It’s to be seen if he gets the opportunity to take on big-league foes before the year is out, or if the Blue Jays will hold him in reserve as a means of having more control over his workload. (He’s essentially matched his career-high in innings pitched.) Whatever the case, whenever Yesavage debuts he’s going to immediately become one of the most interesting young pitchers in the majors.”
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