Final 2025 update! Top 10 prospects and next to debut for all 30 MLB teams
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Kiley McDaniel
Now that the 2025 MLB trade deadline is behind us, it’s the perfect time for our final team-by-team MLB prospect rankings big board update of the season. The top 10 prospects for all 30 teams are updated below — with deadline additions included.
What has changed since our last in-season list update?
Here are the rankings for your favorite team, along with what to know for this month and who we expect to reach the majors next. Players in the big leagues are eligible for this update as MLB rookie eligibility rules apply here — 130 at-bats, 50 innings pitched or 45 days on the active roster. All 30 of these lists have been updated regularly throughout the season.
Jump to team:
American League
ATH | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE
DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN
NYY | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR
National League
ARI | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL
LAD | MIA | MIL | NYM | PHI
PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH
AL East
What changed this season: Coby Mayo graduated and the back half of the preseason top 10 had bad seasons. On the bright side, the O’s made the most of having the biggest draft pool by adding Irish, Aloy, de Brun, and Bodine. My pick-to-click Gibson delivered while George and Mejia also took huge steps forward.
Who could debut next: Beavers seems likely to get a look before the season ends.
What changed this season: A lot! The triumvirate of Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer and Kristian Campbell all graduated. I got a lot of flack before the season for being the low guy on Campbell (“attention-seeking behavior” a few called it) despite being the high guy on him in the 2023 draft, but weirdly nobody came back to apologize. Arias and Tolle emerged while Garcia, Early, Gonzales, Clarke and Soto also took steps forward. Witherspoon was added in the draft and James Tibbs was added then subtracted via trade.
Who could debut next: Garcia is probably next since he’s on the 40-man roster, but Tolle, Early and David Sandlin could all get the call if a starting pitcher is needed first.
What changed this season: This system’s depth has been depleted by trades. Jones, Schlittler and Lagrange have all made real progress this year, but the list bottoms out quickly: Hampton and Lalane have thrown a combined 12 innings this season. Kilby was the Yankees’ top pick in the draft. Jasson Dominguez and Will Warren graduated from the preseason list.
Who could debut next: Jones needs to be added to the 40-man roster this winter, so he should get the call next among players on this list who haven’t debuted yet.
What changed this season: Chandler Simpson and Mason Montgomery graduated this year while Areinamo was the notable prospect added at the deadline, and Pierce and Summerhill headlined the draft haul. Gillen has emerged while most of the top prospects in the system plateaued a bit, and Brayden Taylor has had a rough year.
Who could debut next: Williams is quite obviously next up and he needs to be added to the 40-man this winter, so a September call-up seems likely.
What changed this season: The 2024 draft pitching class was fantastic, landing Yesavage, King and the third-best prospect traded at the deadline, another top 100 prospect in Khal Stephen (Now with Cleveland). The Jays also traded Kendry Rojas and Juaron Watts-Brown from their pitching depth at the deadline, but will add Tiedemann and Bloss next season when both are scheduled to come back from elbow surgery. This year’s draft was more position-player focused with Parker, Cook, Blaine Bullard and Tim Piasentin.
Who could debut next: Yesavage seems next from this group as he has sliced through the minors like a knife through hot butter.
AL Central
What changed this season: Montgomery and Schultz started the season as the top two prospects and ended at No. 1 and No. 3, but had rocky seasons. Montgomery is about to graduate, started really slow and fell down the list, but is now raking in the big leagues. Schultz is having trouble throwing strikes, as is Smith and if this continues next season, it’ll be time to worry. Bonemer has been really good, Wolkow is hitting more than I expected, and I liked the draft additions of Carlson and Fauske.
Who could debut next: Gonzalez is in Triple-A, so I’ll bet on him debuting before Smith and Schultz starting throwing more strikes and get promoted twice.
What changed this season: Largely the same group of about 15 names was shuffled a bit from the preseason list, with no major graduations — but the addition of Stephen at the deadline and Laviolette in the draft. Kayfus and Doughty have both been arrow-up this season.
Who could debut next: Messick seems overdue to get a big league look and will need to be added to the 40-man this winter anyway.
What changed this season: McGonigle continued to progress, now in the mix for the top prospect in the sport. The top six names have all made steady progress this year amid a number of graduations: Jackson Jobe, Trey Sweeney, Jace Jung, Dillon Dingler, and Brant Hurter. Oliveto, Yost and Witherspoon were all added in the draft, and no one that was close to the top 10 was traded at the deadline.
Who could debut next: Lee is in Triple-A and needs to be added to the 40-man roster this winter, so he could get a September look.
What changed this season: Jac Caglianone and Noah Cameron graduated but otherwise this list is pretty similar to the preseason list, with a slight shuffle, the emergence of Chourio and some draftees added. Hammond, Gamble and Lombardi led that draft haul in July.
Who could debut next: Jensen is in Triple-A and needs to be added to the 40-man in the winter, so he has a shot to get a look in September.
What changed this season: Tait, Abel and Rojas were the headliners from a deadline teardown, and Keaschall is back from injury and probably will graduate in the next month. Prielipp continues to progress now that he’s fully healthy. Keep an eye on high-variance draftees Riley Quick and Quentin Young.
Who could debut next: Rodriguez is in Triple-A and on the 40-man roster so he’ll probably be next to come up, though Prielipp needs to be added to the 40-man this winter and could get a September look.
AL West
What changed this season: The A’s continue to move young players to the big league team, graduating Nick Kurtz, Jacob Wilson, Denzel Clarke, Max Muncy and J.T. Ginn this year, with Morales, Perkins and Colby Thomas (just missed) also in the majors but still with prospect status.
De Vries was the prize of the deadline while Arnold’s slide was one of the big surprises of the draft, and Jump’s, ahem, rise up prospect lists is one of the bigger adjustments from last year’s draft. Lastly, Morii is a very interesting prospect and somewhat unprecedented as a two-way player signed out of a Japanese high school for a seven figure bonus.
Who could debut next: Nett (needs to be added to the 40-man this winter) and Jump (dealing) are the best two candidates.
What changed this season: Cam Smith, Colton Gordon, Shay Whitcomb and Zach Dezenzo graduated this season. Matthews took a step forward this year while Powell, Alvarez and Janek have had nice pro debuts. Neyens, Mitchell, Frey, and 2B Nick Monistere (just missed the list) were the top prospects acquired in the draft. Chase Jaworsky and Esmil Valencia were traded at the deadline to acquire Jesus Sanchez.
Who could debut next: Nobody on the list will debut later this year, but Miguel Ullola, just off the list, has a shot to get a look in September.
What changed this season: The draft haul this year was unique, with the Angels going well under slot to land Bremner then spreading those savings to land prep arms — Johnny Slawinski, Robert Mitchell, C.J. Gray, Talon Haley and Luke Lacourse. Slawinski is the best of the group and ranks 11th on the team list. Lugo and Guzman are both arrow-up among position players, and Gregory-Alford and Johnson are both arrow-up among 2024 pitching draftees.
Who could debut next: Rada and Klassen both have a shot to be up in the first half next year, as does Shores if he’s pushed in a relief role.
What changed this season: Cole Young, Logan Evans and Ben Williamson all graduated this season while Tyler Locklear, Brandyn Garcia, Juan Burgos, Ashton Izzi, Jeter Martinez and Hunter Cranton were the top prospects Seattle traded at the deadline. The farm was replenished by landing Anderson, Stevenson and Nick Becker (just missed) in the draft and with arrow-up performances this spring by Sloan, Arroyo, and Montes.
Who could debut next: Ford is in Triple-A and needs to be added to the 40-man this winter, so he makes sense to be called up next.
What changed this season: Kumar Rocker, Jack Leiter and Alejandro Osuna graduated from the preseason top 10; Rosario has sat out the season after elbow surgery and Santos hasn’t pitched much this year. Fien, Owens and Russell headlined the incoming group from the draft and Fitz-Gerald and Scarborough were sleepers from recent classes emerging this season.
Who could debut next: Davalillo needs to be added to the 40-man this winter, so I could see him getting a call-up down the stretch.
NL East
What’s changed this season? Drake Baldwin and A.J. Smith-Shawver graduated while Caminiti rose and Fuentes had a breakout year despite mixed results in his big league debut. Southisene, McKenzie and Lodise were added in the draft and there wasn’t an impactful deadline deal, so there wasn’t as much movement as in other farm systems.
Who could debut next: With Fuentes, Alvarez and Waldrep already having debuted, there might not be another prospect debut until next season, but Ritchie seems next up having just matriculated to Triple-A.
What changed this season: White continued his ascent up the top 100 while Snelling’s stuff came back to life after being acquired at last year’s deadline and he’s now back in the top 100. Arquette and Cannarella were the top two picks from the draft while Defrank emerged as a power arm in the low minors and Marsee is going wild in his first taste of the big leagues.
Who could debut next: Mack, Acosta and Snelling are all in Triple-A, and I’d rank their debut dates in that order since Mack needs to be added to the 40-man this winter and Acosta is already on the 40-man.
What changed this season: Ronny Mauricio and Luisangel Acuna graduated while Drew Gilbert and Jesus Baez were the top prospects traded at the deadline as the Mets gear up for a playoff run. The top of this system is tightly packed with the top five almost interchangeable at this point. Ewing, Benge, Reimer, Tong and McLean have all been arrow-up in a notable way this year.
Who could debut next: Six players on this list are in Triple-A, haven’t debuted yet, and don’t need to be added to the 40-man until after next season. I’ll rank them in this order: Tong, McLean, Williams, Clifford, Benge and Sproat.
What changed this season: The most notable riser in the system was Mick Abel, who was packaged with Eduardo Tait in a deadline trade to land Jhoan Duran. Painter has been solid in his return from two full regular seasons without an appearance. Wood was one of the best values in the first round of the draft, with the concerns being durability and reliever risk — but he could move quickly. Escobar has probably been the second-most notable breakout in the system behind Abel.
Who could debut next: Painter needs to be added to the 40-man roster in the winter, so he would make sense as a September call-up.
What changed this season: Dylan Crews and Brady House have graduated from the preseason top 10, and Cavalli could join them soon. Willits, Petry, Harmon and James headlined the 2025 draft group while Dickerson and King are the best prospects from the Nats’ 2024 draft. Sykora had his second surgery of the year (hip, now elbow) and figures to sit out all of next season but fits in the top half of the top 100 when healthy. Susana could be a star if he can throw more strikes.
Who could debut next: There’s not a good candidate on this list as Clemmey, Susana or King would seem to be next and I’m not sure any of them even debuts next season. Christian Franklin and Jake Bennett both just missed the list and both need to be added to the 40-man this winter.
NL Central
What changed this season: Matt Shaw and Cade Horton graduated while Caissie and Wiggins took a step forward. I liked the approach to the draft, landing Conrad, Hartshorn, Kane Kepley and Kaleb Wing (both just missed the list). Only secondary and tertiary players were traded at the deadline, to the chagrin of some fans.
Who could debut next: Caissie seems likely to get an extended look after being called up this week and possibly as a long-term replacement for Kyle Tucker.
What changed this season: The first three on this list are tightly packed, and Lowder’s injury-affected season has allowed Stewart and Duno to sneak up on him as Collier’s injury also kept him from moving up. Sammy Stafura and Adam Serwinowski were both traded at the deadline just after Hall and Watson were added in the draft. Lewis is flashing huge tools in his pro debut but still has a ways to go.
Who could debut next: Stewart is in Triple-A and might hit his way to the big leagues even though he isn’t on the 40-man and doesn’t need to be added this winter.
What changed this season: Jacob Misiorowski just graduated with one of the more notable big league debuts in recent memory — right up there with Paul Skenes. Made and Pena both had breakout DSL seasons last year and will finish this season in High-A as 18-year-olds who are headlining the system. Adams continues to grow his sleeper bona fides while Fischer and Payne were the top picks from the past two drafts.
Who could debut next: Quero is on the 40-man and in Triple-A, so he should get a look when there’s a need at catcher.
What changed this season: Griffin went from the highest-variance prospect in the 2024 draft to in the running for the top prospect in the sport in 12 months. Griffin, Hernandez and Sanford (along with Levi Sterling, who just missed) were the top picks from the past two drafts while Stafura and Flores were the headliners of their deadline haul. Mike Burrows and Braxton Ashcraft both were on the preseason list and graduated this year.
Who could debut next: I’ve been waiting for Chandler’s call-up for months, but he hasn’t been pitching well his last half-dozen starts or so, so that keeps getting delayed. Chandler, Barco and Flores all need to be added to the 40-man this winter, so it would make sense for them to get looks in September.
What changed this season: The pitching at the top of the system hasn’t had the best year: Hjerpe sat out the season after elbow surgery and Roby also had surgery last month while Hence and Mathews both had slow starts to the season. Doyle was the top pick in the draft and helps to beef up that group. Rodriguez was a revelation this year while Baez and Jordan were the top prospects acquired at the deadline.
Who could debut next: Wetherholt’s protection timeline doesn’t necessitate calling him up anytime soon, but he’s really good and he’s in Triple-A so you could justify it. Same goes for Doyle if he’s used in shorter stints.
NL West
What changed this season: Crisantes’ season was cut short because of a shoulder injury while the top three 2024 draftees Caldwell, Waldschmidt and Dix took big steps forward. There was a fresh infusion of talent with Cunningham and Forbes headlining the 2025 draft group while Locklear and Drake headline the deadline return.
Who could debut next: Drake was just acquired in the Merrill Kelly trade and needs to be added to the 40-man this winter, so he could get a look in September.
What changed this season: Chase Dollander and Adael Amador both graduated to less than excellent big league performances. Holliday was a big win for the organization in the draft and I liked the additions of Middleton and Belyeu with their next picks. Riggio and LHP Griffin Herring (just missed) were nice additions at the deadline. Karros took a nice step forward and got a call-up recently while the other names stagnated a bit.
Who could debut next: Carson Palmquist is in Triple-A and on the 40-man roster but just missed the list. Riggio has a shot to be a call-up early next season.
What changed this season: Roki Sasaki, Dalton Rushing and Justin Wrobleski graduated while Sirota is the player who took a huge step forward after being acquired in January from the Reds. James Tibbs was acquired at the deadline for Dustin May, and the top draftees from both this year and last year just missed the list: Charles Davalan, Zach Root, Kellon Lindsey and Chase Harlan.
Who could debut next: I don’t think anyone new from this list will debut this season, but De Paula, Hope, Sirota and Ferris all have a shot to come up next year.
What changed this season: If you thought the Yankees hollowed out their system with a number of trades, you ain’t seen nothing. Leodalis De Vries, Braden Nett, Boston Bateman and Cobb Hightower were the headliners dealt at this deadline while Quintana was the notable incoming prospect. Schoolcraft and Harvey were the top players added in this year’s draft with Ryan Wideman and Michael Salina next up but just missing the list.
Who could debut next: Mendez seems to be next up and he needs to be added to the 40-man this winter, so the Padres might want to get his feet wet in low-leverage situations.
What changed this season: Gonzalez and Level have emerged as the next standout talents produced by the international scouting group while Gilbert and Tidwell were the top prospects acquired at the deadline, and Kilen was the Giants’ top pick in the draft. Other than that, this system has mostly been a shuffling of the top names from the preseason list with Gutierrez the main player emerging to join this group.
Who could debut next: Eldridge is next up, but it seems as if the time might not be until next season.
If the Toronto Blue Jays are going to bounce back, tonight’s the night.
After Toronto lost two at home to the Seattle Mariners, the American League Championship Series heads West for Game 3.
The first matchup at T-Mobile Park isn’t an elimination game, but the stakes couldn’t be much higher. It’s essentially a must-win for the top-seeded Blue Jays; only one team in MLB history has ever come back from trailing a postseason series 3-0. Meanwhile, for the Mariners, it’s a chance to get one victory away from the first World Series appearance in franchise history.
Stay here for our coverage — from the pregame lineups to the top moments during the game to our takeaways and analysis after the final pitch.
Key links: How Vlad Jr., Jays bet on each other | LCS update | Bracket
Top moments
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Seattle goes back-to-back in the 8th for first runs since 1st inning
Randy Arozarena and Cal Raleigh go back-to-back!
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— MLB (@MLB) October 16, 2025
It’s raining homers! Alejandro Kirk‘s 3-run mash makes it 12-2
KIRK’S TURN! #WANTITALL pic.twitter.com/wv6UXOcHrU
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) October 16, 2025
Vlad Jr. adds own home run as Jays pile on
VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. WITH A BLAST OF HIS OWN! #ALCS pic.twitter.com/cSLgLywe1V
— MLB (@MLB) October 16, 2025
Daulton Varsho‘s 2-RBI double caps off 5-run inning for Toronto
Daulton Varsho makes it a 5-run inning for the @BlueJays! pic.twitter.com/lbrDBbr4ei
— MLB (@MLB) October 16, 2025
Blue Jays answer with their own blast — and now we’re tied
Andrés Giménez ties the game! #ALCS pic.twitter.com/drtdQh8gQ1
— MLB (@MLB) October 16, 2025
J-Rod hits 2-run home run to give M’s early lead
JULIO RODRÍGUEZ 2-RUN BLAST! #ALCS pic.twitter.com/olXcF7mzh4
— MLB (@MLB) October 16, 2025
Josh Naylor rocking a vintage KD jersey ahead of Game 3
Good luck @Mariners…good throwback Josh https://t.co/26FrDN4UNO
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) October 15, 2025
Lineups
Seattle leads series 2-0
Starting pitchers: Shane Bieber vs. George Kirby
Toronto
1. George Springer (R) DH
2. Nathan Lukes (L) LF
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 1B
4. Anthony Santander (S) RF
5. Alejandro Kirk (R) C
6. Daulton Varsho (L) CF
7. Addison Barger (L) 3B
8. Ernie Clement (R) 2B
9. Andres Gimenez (L) SS
Seattle
1. Randy Arozarena (R) LF
2. Cal Raleigh (S) C
3. Julio Rodriguez (R) CF
4. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B
5. Josh Naylor (L) 1B
6. Eugenio Suarez (R) 3B
7. Dominic Canzone (L) DH
8. Victor Robles (R) RF
9. J.P. Crawford (L) SS
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Jorge Castillo
SIX MONTHS AGO, just seven games into the 2025 season, the Toronto Blue Jays arrived in Queens with uncertainty hovering over Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s future. New York Mets fans, hopeful that their team could eventually land the impending free agent and partner him with Juan Soto, welcomed the first baseman with notably loud cheers at Citi Field to open the weekend series. Guerrero and the Blue Jays had failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension before an arbitrary mid-February deadline, and the drama would not die.
Then, suddenly, it did, hours after the Mets completed a weekend sweep. The deal was historic: 14 years, $500 million without deferrals, the third-largest contract in Major League Baseball history. The Canadian-born Guerrero, signed out of the Dominican Republic as a 16-year-old with a famous name, would be a Blue Jay for life. Guerrero bet on himself by turning down smaller offers and bet on the Blue Jays by agreeing not to test free agency. And the Blue Jays bet on the homegrown star at a massive price, having whiffed on other marquee talents in recent years. The impact was instant.
“We didn’t start playing our best baseball until May,” Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer said. “But if that didn’t get settled, it would be this cloud hanging over our season the whole time. The fact that that was resolved just kind of settled everything down. The outside attention is resolved. It’s no longer, ‘What’s going to happen here?’ It kind of took the elephant out of the room.”
Guerrero, 26, responded with his fifth All-Star season, batting .292 with 23 home runs and an .848 OPS in 156 games. His play, coupled with rebound seasons from George Springer and Bo Bichette and a deep roster of contributors, fueled the Blue Jays’ ascension from 74 wins and last place in 2024 to 94 wins, an American League East title and, now, Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.
The Blue Jays can point to a few possible turning points on their way to a fourth playoff appearance in six years. There was a three-game sweep in Seattle in early May. There was Bichette’s pinch-hit, go-ahead home run in the ninth inning in Texas later that month. But Guerrero’s agreement a week into the season helped pave the way to where the Blue Jays find themselves Wednesday: four wins shy of their first World Series appearance in 32 years.
Down 2-0 after the Mariners dominated the first two games in Toronto, it’s no easy feat. But the goal Guerrero has set for himself hasn’t changed.
“For me my goal always is to win a World Series, to bring the World Series here,” Guerrero said earlier this postseason. “My father, he never had the chance to win a World Series. That’s one of my goals, always been one of my goals, to do that for me, for him.”
THE JOURNEY TO this breakout postseason for Guerrero and the Blue Jays began more than a decade ago. In January 2015, months before Guerrero was eligible to sign as an international free agent, Edwin Encarnación received a call from Alex Anthopoulos, then Toronto’s general manager: The Blue Jays wanted to see a 15-year-old Guerrero, their top target that year, work out again in the Dominican Republic — and they needed to find a ballpark.
Encarnación, coming off an All-Star season for Toronto in 2014, reached out to his contacts and a workout was arranged to have Guerrero face older free agents from Cuba. With Encarnación and Blue Jays officials, including Anthopoulos and international scouting director Ismael Cruz looking on, Guerrero convinced the decision-makers.
“It was something special,” Encarnación said in Spanish on the field at Rogers Centre on Monday before Game 2 of the ALCS. “Vladdy was better than the Cubans. This kid, at 15 years old, showed off against them. He was special.”
That July, the Blue Jays used their entire international bonus pool to sign Guerrero for $3.9 million. Worried about the hoopla that came with being the son of a future Hall of Famer, Anthopoulos asked the team’s media department to hold a low-key event when Guerrero, born in Montreal during his father’s time starring for the Expos, was brought to Toronto for the first time. No news conference at the podium. Just batting practice on the field.
“I was concerned with the last name, the hype and the expectations were going to be out of this world,” said Anthopoulos, now general manager of the Atlanta Braves. “And they were anyway, as much as we tried to play it down.”
Guerrero was not immune to the pressure upon arriving for his major league debut in 2019 as the top prospect across baseball at just 20 years old. The years that followed were not a linear progression. After an AL MVP runner-up season in which he clubbed 48 home runs with a 1.002 OPS in 2021, his first year as a full-time first baseman, Guerrero hit 58 home runs with an .804 OPS over the next two years. Then came another breakout last season: a .323/.396/.544 slash line with 30 home runs in 159 games to raise his value heading into his platform year.
“He’s not easily distracted,” Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said. “He’s still very human, and I think the hardest part, from my perspective and my view, that Vladdy’s had to deal with is the expectation. Not the distractions off the field or the attention. And he embraced the expectations.”
This year, the pressure was on Guerrero to finally perform to those expectations in the postseason. He entered the AL Division Series against the New York Yankees 3-for-22 with two walks, five strikeouts and no home runs in six career playoff games — all losses — spread over three separate wild-card series.
Guerrero quickly discarded that history in Game 1, swatting a solo home run in his first plate appearance of the postseason. In Game 2, he cracked a grand slam that will long be replayed on Rogers Centre highlight reels. He finished the series 9-for-17 with three home runs and nine RBIs as the Blue Jays eliminated New York in four games.
“I think he’s improved a lot in all aspects,” Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk said. “The experience, how he’s matured as a person. He’s no longer the 20-year-old Vladimir when he debuted. Now he’s Vladimir.”
VLADIMIR VASQUEZ WATCHED the Blue Jays close out the Yankees last Wednesday from his restaurant 5 miles north of Rogers Centre. Born in the Dominican Republic, Vasquez moved to Toronto when he was 11 years old in 1990 and quickly became a fan of the early-’90s Blue Jays championship teams. He opened Cabacoa, a Dominican restaurant, a year-and-a-half ago — a sign of the city’s growing Dominican community.
“I’ve been following Vladimir Guerrero Jr. since he was in the minors,” Vasquez said. “It’s funny because his dad was the only older Dominican Vladimir I knew growing up. But it’s important for the community, for the Dominican community, to have somebody who’s that good who’s going to be here long term.”
It’s part of the responsibility Guerrero shoulders beyond playing first base and batting third. He’s the only Canadian citizen on Canada’s only MLB team. His No. 27 jersey is the one Blue Jays fans wear from British Columbia to Newfoundland. He’s the player the Blue Jays committed to as their cornerstone through his age-40 season in 2039 — 20 years after his debut — with hopes he’ll end up with his own Hall of Fame career.
“I look at Vladdy long term because I’ve gotten to play with the greats,” said Scherzer, an 18-year veteran and three-time Cy Young Award winner. “I’ve gotten to play with so many great, different players over my career. For me, he kind of fits this Prince Fielder-Miguel Cabrera mold. He’s kind of a hybrid between those two.”
In the short term, the agreement was an exhale. Perhaps, as Atkins said he’d like to think, the Blue Jays would’ve found their footing without Guerrero signing the extension. The pieces were in place two years removed from an 89-win season. But that variable, which had lingered from the day Guerrero reported for spring training, was removed.
Six months later, the Blue Jays, behind their franchise pillar, are breaking through.
“I think it kind of showed our fan base and the league kind of what we’re trying to do here short and long term,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “And it just kind of clears a little bit of a cloud around a really good player and allows the team to say, ‘OK, this is our guy, this is what we’re going to do.’ I think it kind of freed everyone up.”
If the Toronto Blue Jays are going to bounce back, tonight’s the night.
After Toronto lost two at home to the Seattle Mariners, the American League Championship Series heads West for Game 3.
The first matchup at T-Mobile Park isn’t an elimination game, but the stakes couldn’t be much higher. It’s essentially a must-win for the top-seeded Blue Jays; only one team in MLB history has ever come back from trailing a postseason series 3-0. Meanwhile, for the Mariners, it’s a chance to get one victory away from the first World Series appearance in franchise history.
Stay here for our coverage — from the pregame lineups to the top moments during the game to our takeaways and analysis after the final pitch.
Key links: How Vlad Jr., Jays bet on each other | LCS update | Bracket
Top moments
Josh Naylor rocking a vintage KD jersey ahead of Game 3
Good luck @Mariners…good throwback Josh https://t.co/26FrDN4UNO
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) October 15, 2025
Lineups
Seattle leads series 2-0
Starting pitchers: Shane Bieber vs. George Kirby
Toronto
1. George Springer (R) DH
2. Nathan Lukes (L) LF
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 1B
4. Anthony Santander (S) RF
5. Alejandro Kirk (R) C
6. Daulton Varsho (L) CF
7. Addison Barger (L) 3B
8. Ernie Clement (R) 2B
9. Andres Gimenez (L) SS
Seattle
1. Randy Arozarena (R) LF
2. Cal Raleigh (S) C
3. Julio Rodriguez (R) CF
4. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B
5. Josh Naylor (L) 1B
6. Eugenio Suarez (R) 3B
7. Dominic Canzone (L) DH
8. Victor Robles (R) RF
9. J.P. Crawford (L) SS
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