Several of the Blue Jays best minor leaguers will be featured in the team's annual spring breakout contest
The Toronto Blue Jays are currently in the midst of preparing for a regular season that is brimming with expectation.
The Blue Jays boast one for the best major league rosters in the American League. But more fans will get a firsthand look at the best players Toronto's minor league system has to offer.
The Blue Jays announced their initial pool of 40 players for their annual Spring Breakout game Thursday. The annual contest highlights the best minor leaguers for the two respective organizations competing.
All of Toronto's top 100 prospects (per MLB Pipeline) are on the initial 40-man pool of players. That list will get trimmed down to 23-27 players two days before the game takes place.
Here's a list of the players on the initial 40-man roster pool (all top 100/organization rankings per MLB Pipeline).
Pitchers (19)
Brandon Barriera, LHP, 22nd
Jake Bloss, RHP, 8th
Micah Bucknam, RHP, 18th
Austin Cates, RHP, not ranked
Javen Coleman, LHP, 23rd
Daniel Guerra, RHP, not ranked
Silvano Hechavarria, RHP, 14th
Johnny King, LHP, 4th
Adam Macko, LHP, 21st
Landen Maroudis, RHP, not ranked
Carson Messina, RHP, 28th
Fernando Perez, RHP, 16th
Nolan Perry, RHP, not ranked
Grant Rogers, RHP, 30th
Yondrei Rojas, RHP, not ranked
Jared Spencer, LHP, 27th
Gage Stanifer, RHP, 6th
Ricky Tiedemann, LHP, 5th
Trey Yesavage, RHP, 1st organization/ No. 12 top 100
Catchers (3)
Edward Duran, 19th
Aaron Parker, not ranked
Brandon Valenzuela, 24th
Infielders (10)
Cutter Coffey, 3B, 25th
Josh Kasevich, SS, 13th
Sean Keys, 3B/1B, 17th
Charles McAdoo, 3B/1B, 26th
Arjun Nimmala, SS, 3rd organization/No. 77 top 100
JoJo Parker, SS, 2nd organization/No. 45 top 100
Tim Piasentin, 3B, 20th
Adrian Pinto, INF, 29th
Josh Rivera, SS, not ranked
Juan Sanchez, 3B, seventh
Outfielders (8)
Victor Arias, 12th
Jace Bohrofen, not ranked
Blaine Bullard, 15th
Jake Casey, not ranked
Jake Cook, 11th
Eddie Micheletti, not ranked
Yohendrick Pinango, 19th
RJ Schreck, 9th
Other notes
All three of the Blue Jays' top 100 prospects are currently on the spring breakout roster pool.
- Yesavage, Toronto's top 100 prospect, made his major league debut in September. He made three starts in the regular season and had six outings (five starts) in the playoffs. He had a 3.58 ERA and struck out 39 batters in 27.2 innings pitched.
- Parker, the eighth overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, will play in his first professional game assuming he makes the 23-27-man roster. He's just 19-years-old.
- The Spring Breakout game will take place against the Philadelphia Phillies at 1:05 p.m. ET on March 21 at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla.
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