Overview
- Yesavage threw a bullpen session on Sunday with Blue Jays coaches watching, and the team plans to send him to a rehab game in Buffalo this Wednesday.
- Manager John Schneider said the club will move Yesavage from a 30-pitch simulated outing to roughly 40–50 pitches before reassessing his readiness for another outing or activation.
- If he tolerates the rehab outing and feels right afterward the Blue Jays could line him up for a late-season start, with Schneider saying the target is most likely Monday in Baltimore.
- Yesavage has been on the injured list since Aug. 5 for a left-knee problem, but coverage differs on whether the issue involved meniscus surgery or knee inflammation.
- The team sees urgency in his return because Yesavage posted a 3.65 ERA with 91 strikeouts in 2026 and was a key postseason performer in 2025, and Toronto is 74–75 and one game back in the AL Wild Card race.