Trey Yesavage has been a Blue Jay, a Canadian, a Fisher Cat, a Bison and … back to a Blue Jay. He’s pitched in Dunedin, Fla.; Vancouver, British Columbia; Manchester, N.H.; Buffalo, N.Y. and Toronto. All in the past six months.

As a novel, his 2025 season could come with a Kafka and Kerouac coauthorship -- a metamorphosis on the road.

Yesavage’s path through all four full-season levels of the Minor Leagues completed with a move to the Majors isn’t unprecedented; nine other players have hit Single-A, High-A, Double-A and Triple-A in the same year as their MLB debut since 2005. But it is rare, and to cap that off with a Toronto postseason-record 11 strikeouts over 5 1/3 no-hit innings against the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS at Rogers Centre, that’s where this storybook journey feels un

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