Blue Jays vs Phillies: Today's Starting Lineup - Spring Breakout Game Preview

You've already gotten a sneak peek at the future of the Blue Jays recently, with so many of their regulars off competing at the World Baseball Classic.

Now, you'll get to see how the Toronto Blue Jays' best prospects stack up against the rest of baseball.

Toronto Blue Jays pitching prospect Austin Cates will be on the bump to get things started.

First pitch is at 1:05 PM ET on Sportsnet and NBC Sports Philly.

Austin Cates gets the ball for the Blue Jays Today. Drafted in the seventh round of the 2024 draft out of UNLV, Cates spent the majority of the 2025 campaign in Dunedin.

Gage Stanifer and Adam Macko are expected to follow Cates out of the bullpen, and each has a realistic pathway to a big-league debut this season.

Stanifer unlocked additional velocity in 2024 thanks to cleaning up his movement patterns and ironing out mechanical inefficiencies, which set him up for a breakout 2025 in which he climbed from single-A to double-A, pitching to a 2.86 ERA over 110 innings while striking out 35.5 per cent of hitters along the way.

Macko recently returned from the World Baseball Classic, where he demonstrated what he can do as a multi-inning reliever with Canada, sitting 95 while landing strikes with his slider and getting whiffs with his tumbling curveball.

The one-time starter took off shortly after shifting to that role last season and will remain a one-trip-through bullpen piece going forward.

Spring Breakout rosters were constructed in two phases in 2026. The rosters were assembled using MLB Pipeline's Top 30 Prospects lists plus additional prospects submitted by the club.

Infielders
Cutter Coffey, 3B, No. 25
Josh Kasevich, SS, No. 13
Sean Keys, 3B/1B, No. 17
Charles McAdoo, 3B/1B, No. 26
Arjun Nimmala, SS, No. 3/MLB No. 77
JoJo Parker, SS, No. 2/MLB No. 45
Tim Piasentin, 3B, No. 20
Josh Rivera, SS, Not Ranked
Juan Sanchez, 3B, No. 7

Outfielders
Jace Bohrofen, OF, Not Ranked
Blaine Bullard, OF, No. 15
Jake Casey, OF, Not Ranked
Eddie Micheletti, OF, Not Ranked
Yohendrick Pinango, OF, No. 10
RJ Schreck, OF, No. 9

Pitchers
Austin Cates, RHP, Not Ranked
Javen Coleman, LHP, No. 23
Daniel Guerra, RHP, Not Ranked
Adam Macko, LHP, No. 21
Landen Maroudis, RHP, Not Ranked
Carson Messina, RHP, No. 28
Nolan Perry, RHP, Not Ranked
Grant Rogers, RHP, No. 30
Gage Stanifer, RHP, No. 6

Catchers
Edward Duran, C, No. 19
Aaron Parker, C, Not Ranked
Brandon Valenzuela, C, No. 24

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