Silvano Hechavarria ranks as Blue Jays Nation’s 18th-best prospect in 2025 mid-season update

Silvano Hechavarria is one of many Toronto Blue Jays’ pitching prospects who’ve broken out in 2025.

This is Blue Jays Nation’s annual mid-season prospect list, where we’ll take a look at the 50 best prospects in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. I’ll look at the player’s stats, what other publications have to say, as well as my own observations of the players.

Hechavarria has had a great start to his Blue Jays’ career, as he’s shown excellent control and command, thus ranking as our 18th-best prospect in the mid-season update. If you missed who ranked 19th, you can read about Jake Bloss here.

Getting to know Silvano Hechavarria…

Position: Starting pitcher

Throws: Right

Born: March 18th, 2003

Acquired: 2024 International Free Agency

Previous ranking: Unranked

During the 2024 International Free Agency period, the Blue Jays signed Hechavarria to a signing bonus of $240,000 in the summer. Shortly after, he debuted with the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays, where he had a 1.84 ERA and 3.55 FIP in 49 innings pitched, with a 29.4 K% and an 8.2 BB%, albeit he was rather old for the level.

The 22-year-old broke out in 2025. Beginning the season with the championship-winning Florida Complex League Blue Jays, Hechavarria had a 2.12 ERA and 4.80 FIP in 17 innings pitched, making three starts in four appearances. He earned a promotion to the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays, where he pitched 47.1 innings, or seven starts in 11 games, and had a 1.90 ERA and 3.16 FIP, with a 28.5 K% and 5.9 BB%.

In August, the 6’4”, 200 lbs right-handed pitcher was promoted to the High-A Vancouver Canadians, where he quickly found success. In his 22.1 innings pitched, Hechavarria has a 3.22 ERA and 3.43 FIP, with a 20.7 K% and 8.7 BB%. His final start of the season was on Wednesday, where he picked up his third win at the level. There’s a slight chance he’ll be promoted to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats in their final week, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Hechavarria ranked as MLB Pipeline’s 26th-best Blue Jays prospect in their mid-season update. His best pitch is an upper-80s slider, which pairs well with his mid-90s fastball that can reach 97 mph. Hechavarria also features a fringy changeup that needs to improve, but he has above-average control, which has made him effective in the lower-minor leagues.

He’ll likely start the 2026 season in High-A, but could skyrocket as high as Triple-A by the end of the season. There’s a high ceiling for the 22-year-old.