While the Toronto Blue Jays were playing on Sunday against the Minnesota Twins at the major league level, the Jays were making some big moves down on the farm.

They promoted top prospect Arjun Nimmala from High-A Vancouver to Double-A New Hampshire. A first-round pick in 2023, Nimmala is still just 20 years old. The shortstop already had 13 extra-base hits and 20 RBIs in the Northwest League. He's hitting .241 with a .362 on-base percentage. He also has four home runs.

Nimmala is ranked as the No. 67 prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline and pairs with JoJo Parker (No. 39) to make an up an exciting young nucleus for the Blue Jays farm system. Parker is playing at Single-A Dunedin after being a first-round pick in 2025.

The following comes from a portion of his MLB.com prospect profile:

Nimmala’s 543 plate appearances (2025) in the Northwest League were the most by any High-A player aged 19 or younger, so he deserves some credit for holding in there all season. After a hot start, he started to crumble a bit from June onward as High-A pitchers realized he was vulnerable to swinging over or on top of away sliders. Still, his chase rate dropped nearly 10 points overall between ’24 and ’25, and his power continued to show flashes of excitement, stemming from his upright right-handed stance and vicious uppercut swing. He’s added about 20 pounds of muscle since midseason and maintaining that will be a big help toward potential plus pop.

Once you get to Double-A, the thoughts of getting to the big leagues become real, but it's still hard to imagine Nimmala getting promoted before 2027 at the earliest. 

At the moment, the Blue Jays are utilizing Andres Gimenez at shortstop and Ernie Clement at second base, with Kazuma Okamoto at third. All three are under contract for multiple years, so if Nimmala is going to get a shot, there's no easy pathway in the near future.

Of course, injuries and trades are always possible as a means of opening up opportunities.

It's still too early to be worrying about that right now.

Jose Berrios made another rehab start on Sunday at Triple-A Buffalo, struggling through 3.2 innings. He gave up seven earned runs and three home runs, while also walking four. He struck out just one and worked at 92.1 mph with his sinker.

It's unclear where he'll make his next start.

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