In a move that raised some eyebrows from baseball observers, the Toronto Blue Jays decided to leave outfield prospect Yohendrick Pinango unprotected going into the Rule 5 draft at the MLB Winter Meetings. Pinango had become one of the fastest rising position players in the Blue Jays system in 2025 and allowing any of the other 29 MLB teams pick him up for nothing would have felt like a waste.
But nobody took a flyer on the Venezuelan native and the Blue Jays should be counting their lucky stars as Pinango is raking right now in his home country.