The Toronto Blue Jays won't officially open up the 2026 season until Friday night when they host the Athletics at Rogers Centre (7:07 p.m. ET). It will be a momentous day, as the franchise kicks off its 50th season and raises its American League championship banner.

However, the Jays won't be bringing the full complement of players with them to Toronto, at least on the active roster. Bowden Francis is out for the season with Tommy John surgery while Anthony Santander is out for most of the season with a labrum injury. Shane Bieber, Yimi Garcia, Jose Berrios and Trey Yesavage are all on the injured list at the start of the campaign.

But Berrios and Yesavage at least got positive injury reports on Thursday during Blue Jays media day.

Per Keegan Matheson of MLB.com:

Trey Yesavage’s velocity bumped back up yesterday in Dunedin and Ross Atkins says it was very encouraging.

José Berríos also expected to begin throwing off a mound again this week, too. #BlueJays

While the Blue Jays haven't given an official timeline for the duo, it's fair to assume that they'll miss at least a few weeks as they ramp back up. Berrios is ahead of Yesavage, as he threw 10.2 innings in the Grapefruit League season. The organization will undoubtedly be cautious with both, but especially with Yesavage, who threw nearly 140 total innings in his first ever professional season. 

A first-round pick of the Blue Jays in 2024, Yesavage shot through the minors in 2025, appearing in the big leagues in September and October. The 22-year-old went 1-0 in three starts down the stretch and then won games in the American League Division Series, American League Championship Series and World Series. His performance in Game 6 of the ALCS saved Toronto's season and his 12-strikeout win in Game 5 of the World Series was lights out as well.

Because of his late debut in 2025, he is still ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the organization.

Now 31 years old, Berrios is a 10-year veteran of the Minnesota Twins and Blue Jays. A two-time All-Star, he's 108-82 lifetime with a 4.08 ERA.

After a solid season in 2024, he regressed in 2025, going 9-5 with a 4.17 ERA. His ERA was better than his FIP (4.65), suggesting that some regression to the mean is possible, which is bad news for him and the organization. He only struck out 138 batters in 166.0 innings. He was on the injured list at the end of the season with right elbow inflammation. This injury is a stress fracture in that elbow.

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