TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have carefully managed Trey Yesavage's innings and pitch counts across five levels of professional baseball in one season all leading up to this one moment.
Yesavage will be Toronto's starting pitcher for Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Sunday against the New York Yankees. It will be just the fourth start of the rookie's Major League Baseball career after he was promoted to the Blue Jays as a September call-up.
"I've experienced a lot this year. This is my fifth team I've been with. I've met the entire organization," laughed Yesavage on Saturday after his scheduled start was announced. "But being here in this spot, I couldn't have drawn it up any better."
Yesavage began the season with single-A Dunedin of the Florida Complex League before