Blue Jays drop 25-year-old with .306 average in spring training roster cuts
The Toronto Blue Jays reassigned four players to their minor league camp in the latest round of spring training roster cuts March 20. MORE: Blue Jays’ Rookie of the Year candidate headed for injured list to begin season The four include catcher C. J.
Stubbs, outfielders Yohendrick Pinango and RJ Shreck, and infielder Josh Kasevich. Kasevich, the Blue Jays’ second-round draft pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, hit . 306 (11 for 36) with a home run and five RBIs in 20 Grapefruit League games.
In 29 games last year at Triple-A Buffalo — his second season with Toronto’s top farm team — Kasevich slashed . 172/. 272/.
184 in 29 games. His 2025 season was limited to 36 minor league games because of a stress reaction in his lower back that he suffered during spring training. More to come on this story.
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