Scouting Report
Updated May 20, 2026
Gage Stanifer, 22-year-old right-handed pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays organization, has shown significant development in Double-A with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. After earning his first Double-A win on May 8 with a strong 5-inning outing (4 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts), he followed up with an impressive May 15 start featuring a season-high 9 strikeouts over 5 innings. Despite early season struggles with a 6.08 ERA and 6.9 BB/9 through his first six starts, Stanifer has demonstrated elite strikeout stuff with 11.4 K/9 and is showing signs of command improvement. His recent performances indicate he is "dialing it in" at the Double-A level after a successful 2025 season that saw him promoted from Single-A to Double-A.
Strengths
- + Elite strikeout production (11.4 K/9, season-high 9 K in recent outing)
- + Strong recent performance trend with two consecutive quality starts
- + Successful 2025 season with significant development gains
- + High swing-and-miss rate (15 whiffs on 39 swings in May 15 outing)
- + Excellent ground ball/fly ball balance (4 of each in May 8 start)
- + Young age (22) with room for continued development
- + Promoted from Single-A to Double-A, showing readiness for advancement
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Gage Stanifer is a sp for the Toronto Blue Jays.
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