The Toronto Blue Jays are entering this season with more expectations than the team has had in the last three decades.

The Blue Jays are coming off an American League pennant-winning season. They advanced all the way to Game 7 of the World Series before ultimately falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Toronto has remained one of the most active teams of the offseason, adding notable hurlers to their starting rotation and signing Kazuma Okamoto to play third base.

With all of the chatter of the offseason and the major league moves the Blue Jays have made, there hasn’t been a lot of attention paid towards the organization’s farm system.

According to recent a recent article from Baseball America, there might be a reason for that.

The national publication ranked Toronto’s farm system 17th in baseball.

Here’s the assessment of the Blue Jays’ minor league system according to Baseball America:

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It was a banner season in 2025 for the Blue Jays’ farm system, as their revamped pitching development helped in the emergence of a World Series standout in Yesavage. The righthander leads a loaded top 10 group at the top of the system, but a lack of depth in the 11-20 range drags the system down.

The Jays’ farm system ranked 23rd in Baseball America’s 2025 rankings and 24th in the 2024 rankings, marking a jump from previous years.

Toronto has three top 100 prospects per Baseball America’s top 100: right-handed starting pitcher Trey Yesavage (No. 10); shortstop Arjun Nimmala (No. 62) and shortstop JoJo Parker (No. 66).

The organization’s current rankings comes with the caveat that Yesavage will likely be one of the earliest graduates of the current top 100 list.

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Yesavage made his major league debut in September last season. He made three regular season starts.

The former East Carolina hurler was one of the heroes for the Blue Jays in their postseason run. He posted a 3.58 ERA and struck out 39 batters in 27.2 innings pitched across six appearances (five starts) in the playoffs.

When Yesavage officially “graduates” from being considered a prospect, Toronto’s farm system will likely fall on many rankings lists.

However, if the season goes according to plan for the Blue Jays, they will have to rely minimally on the minor leaguers. Toronto is tied for the fourth-best odds to win the World Series in 2026 according to popular betting site FanDuel at +1,400.

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