TAMPA -- The comparisons feel easy between Trey Yesavage and Kevin Gausman .

Back in 2014, Gausman was the No. 31 prospect in Major League Baseball, a future pillar of the Orioles’ rotation. Jump to today, and you’ll find Yesavage ranked No. 25 in the sport, the potential ace the Blue Jays have long dreamed of.

They’re big right-handers. They dominate with a splitter. They both debuted at 22. Listening to all of these parallel lines be drawn, though, Gausman still just smiles and shakes his head. He’s not biting.

“I was nowhere near that when I was 22. Don’t even compare me to him,” Gausman said.

Gausman, like the rest of us, was left in awe by Yesavage’s MLB debut Monday in Tampa. Over five-plus innings, Yesavage struck out nine Rays batters -- a Blue Jays record for a pitch

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