Yohendrick Pinango: The Next Blue Jays Prospect You Should Know About

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Yohendrick Pinango is one of the Blue Jays top ranked outfield prospects. A UDFA from Venezuela for $400,000, he was acquired from the Cubs a little over a year ago in the Nate Pearson deal. After a strong first half of the season in AA, Pinango now finds himself in AAA where he looks to take the final steps to become the next member of the big league club.

Yohendrick Pinango’s Current Rankings Among Major Outlets

MLB Pipeline No. 7 on Toronto’s Top 30

FanGraphs’s No. 34 on Toronto’s Top Prospects Rankings

Baseball America’s No. 15 on Toronto’s Top 30

His ETA to the majors: 2026

Photo: MLB Pipeline’s Toronto Blue Jays Top 30

At just 5-foot-11 and 170 lbs, Pinango packs a punch and is graded out with plus power on MLB Pipeline. His speed more profiles him in the corner outfield, and the power hasn’t completely shown in AAA, but his bat speed and EV numbers show that he has what it takes to be the next Jays prospect to breakout at the highest level.

2025 Season Stats in AA (47 G)

192 PA

.298 AVG

.406 OBP

.522 SLG

.928 OPS

8 HR

18 R

23 RBI

.421 wOBA

171 wRC+

2025 Season Stats in AAA (50 G)

216 PA

.239 AVG

.330 OBP

.399 SLG

.729 OPS

6 HR

24 R

32 RBI

.331 wOBA

97 wRC+

We now have two near identical sample sizes in games and PA’s to look at with Pinango’s 2025. The production unsurprisingly dipped upon going up a level, but the slugging% took a bigger dip than anything else. While the .522 clip is now .399 in AAA, he still has 6 HR and 9 more RBI. You could argue while the numbers show a difference, his production difference hasn’t been as major as it looks on paper.

His 50 games sample size at AAA gives us a look at a very intriguing advanced profile.

Photo: Prospect Savant

As far as his exit velocity and hard hit numbers go, Pinango has elite metrics:

EV: 92nd Percentile (92.8)

Max EV: 98th Percentile (115.4)

50th% EV: 95th Percentile (96.1)

90th% EV: 98th Percentile (108.8)

Hard-Hit%: 93rd Percentile (53.8%)

His plate discipline despite the jump in levels has remained rather consistent, with the BB and K% both taking slight dips. While his percentile rankings with the K & BB% are just above average, his numbers like Whiff% and SwStr% are much better.

Whiff%: 82nd Percentile (20.2%)

SwStr%: 82nd Percentile (7.89%)

Photo: Prospect Savant

His xStats are slightly better than his standard BA, SLG, and wOBA now:

xBA: 78th Percentile (.264 vs. .239)

xSLG: 74th Percentile (.415 vs. .399)

xwOBA: 73rd Percentile (.338 vs. .321)

With more time in AAA, one would think Pinango can adjust and start to put out more of what his xStats show.

Photo: Prospect Savant

Now let’s take a look at his performance against all pitch types. When it comes to the amount of pitches and the usage Pinango sees, here’s what that data looks like:

4-Seam: 31.9%

Changeup: 16.3%

Slider: 14.3%

Sinker: 13.1%

Cutter: 7.8%

Sweeper: 6.4%

Curveball: 6.2%

Splitter: 3.2%

Knuckle-Curve: 0.7%

Pinanago crushes fastballs. He has a .365 xBA and a .658 xSLG with a 59.46 Hard-Hit%. The other two pitches he excels against are Sinkers and Cutters. He has a .333 xBA vs. Cutters, and a .423 xWOBA vs. Sinkers. He struggles with Sweepers and Curves but has a great HH% on a majority of pitch types.

Pinango’s HH% on Pitch Types

4-Seam: 59.46%

Changeup: 51.61%

Slider: 64.0%

Sinker: 52.63%

Cutter: 77.78%

Sweeper: 37.50%

Curveball: 25.0%

Splitter: 25.0%

Knuckle-Curve: 0.0%

When we look at the batted ball profile, we see Pinango as a hitter who majority of the time takes the ball up the middle of the field. He does hit a good amount of fly balls, but with just a 13.8 Pull Air%, he’s not as able to capitalize on the fly ball contact. If he can start pulling the ball in the air more, we’ll see his HR total rise.

Photo: Prospect Savant

As far as his 2025 splits go, Pinango is much better against RHP unsurprisingly, with a .829 OPS in 281 AB’s. However, his production against LHP isn’t bad at all, with a .788 OPS and a .279 AVG in 68 AB’s. While he started the year hot in AA and has since regressed in AAA, he started to heat up in August with an .881 OPS in 35 PA.

Hopefully Pinango can keep up the early success in August for the remainder of the season in AAA for Buffalo. If he can continue to develop, he has the attributes to make yet another fun young player to watch in Toronto.