What Pitches Does Trey Yesavage Throw?

Toronto Blue Jays starter Trey Yesavage is a three-pitch guy. 

Yesavage, who became a household name with his performances in the 2025 playoffs, was the preseason baseball betting favourite to win the AL Cy Young Award at the BetMGM online sportsbook. 

Trey Yesavage Pitch Mix

Four-Seam Fastball

Yesavage throws a four-seam fastball, which averaged 94.7 mph in the 2025 season. His velocity has been down at 93.7 mph in his first two starts of the 2026 campaign, but that’s expected to bounce back.

He throws his fastball around half of the time. The velocity isn’t elite, but with a high release point, Yesavage gets plenty of ride. 

Yesavage’s fastball has a 93 stuff+ in 2026. The pitch is in the 62nd percentile in spin rate so far this season. 

Splitter

Early signs in 2026 suggest Yesavage is increasing his splitter usage. The gap between his riding fastball and tumbling splitter makes Yesavage very difficult to line up. 

Across his first two starts of the season, Yesavage’s splitter has a 33.3% whiff rate. That number was 57.1% in 2025, and he was getting whiffs for fun on the pitch throughout the playoffs.

In 2025, Yesavage’s splitter had a 133 stuff+. His 115 pitching+ on his splitter was better than any qualified pitcher posted. 

Slider

Yesavage’s slider is an above-average pitch according to stuff+, but he struggles to locate his breaking ball. Thrown more than a quarter of the time in 2025, Yesavage has only thrown the slider 9% of the time across his first two starts of the season.

A decent putaway pitch against right-handers and with a solid whiff rate, Yesavage’s slider is useful to keep hitters off balance, but he hangs it far too often.

In 2025, the slider had a .385 xwOBA.