Toronto Blue Jays sign 2024 first-round pick Trey Yesavage

The Toronto Blue Jays have signed 2024 first-round pick Trey Yesavage, the club announced Thursday. A photo of Yesavage is shown on the video board after he was selected 20th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round of the MLB baseball draft in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, July 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-LM Otero

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have signed 2024 first-round pick Trey Yesavage, the club announced Thursday.

The 21-year-old right-handed pitcher spent the past three seasons playing at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.

A six-foot-four, 225-pound native of Pottstown, Pa., Yesavage went 11-1 with a 2.03 earned-run average and 0.87 WHIP in 93.1 innings this season to win the American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year award.

Yesavage, who was selected 20th overall last month by Toronto, went 19-2 while posting a 2.58 ERA across 195.1 innings with 295 strikeouts and a 1.03 WHIP in 65 appearances (29 starts) at the NCAA level.


This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 1, 2024.

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