The Toronto Blue Jays have found success drafting prep pitching prospects in the latter round of the draft recently. Gage Stanifer and Nolan Perry have emerged as two of the team’s best starting pitching prospects in the organization. Both players…
Toronto Blue Jays right-handed starting pitcher Carson Messina has been ranked No. 22 in BlueJaysNation's 2026 end-of-season prospect countdown. Selected in the 12th round of the 2024 MLB Draft with a $550,000 signing bonus, the 20-year-old rebounded from an injury-shortened 2025 debut to complete his first full professional campaign across rookie and Single-A levels.
Messina opened 2026 with the Florida Complex League Blue Jays, posting a 1.69 ERA over 16 innings before earning a mid-June promotion to Single-A Dunedin. With Dunedin, he posted a 3.70 ERA across 14 starts and 41.1 innings, featuring a curveball that generated a 40 percent whiff rate despite command challenges and a dip in fastball velocity.
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