Nolan Perry: Blue Jays pitching prospect hopes to follow the Trey Yesavage path from the Nat to the big leagues!
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This is Carson Price from the Historic Wall Center. This next interview brought to you by the Vancouver Canadiens. Six-game set opens at the Nat tonight, and our guest... Well, he's just about owned every pitching accolade since being promoted to the Northwest League last month, twice the NWL Pitcher of the Week. He's the Pitcher of the Month as well, pitching to a 108 ERA through five starts, three of them victories for the Vancouver Canadiens. It's our pleasure to welcome Nolan Perry to the program. Nolan, how are you? Thanks for the time.
I'm doing pretty good. Thanks for having me. Excited to be here.
How did Nolan Perry describe his blazing start with the Vancouver Canadians?
Yeah, well, we're excited to watch you pitch. Boy, every time you go out, you seem to be having all sorts of dazzling success. What's going well for you?
Yeah, really, it's just, you know, just trying to command the ball. Just get in the zone as much as I can, you know. I really try to have a mindset of just, like, if they hit it, who cares, you know. Just go after the next batter. Just best on best, you know. Just my best stuff against your best stuff. It's really what I'm trying to do every time.
And this comes, Nolan, after you suffered an injury. You were drafted in 2022, pitched in the Complex League, then in Dunedin in 2024, and then all of a sudden an injury takes you out for the entirety of 2025. Tell us about the injury and tell us about recovery and getting back to the point you're at today.
Yeah, so it was the end of the season in 2024, and I'd been feeling some pain in my arm all year, but it was nothing serious, just like soreness feeling. And then towards the end of the year, I think it was the second to my last start, I felt like a little sharp pinch my elbow, but it was just on one pitch. during a bullpen, and I didn't really think nothing about it. So the next game I pitched in, it was fine until like the fourth inning, and then I started to feel that pinch coming back. So I told my trainer, and then we went and got an MRI, and it was actually with Dr. Meister out of Dallas, Texas. And got the MRI, told me it was torn. So we talked about it, you know, just surgery was the best option.
And I got the internal brace with that, plus a full reconstruction. And then, yeah, about probably about a 14 to 18 month recovery. and rehab, and yeah.
Is that the famous Tommy John surgery then that you had, Nolan? Yeah, Tommy John, yes, sir. Some say that this has got so advanced now since the days of Tommy John, and Blake and I are old enough to remember him pitching, that guys come back stronger off that surgery. Sure looks like you've come back stronger. Talk to me about that.
Yeah, I don't know if it's the surgery or, you know, just like the rehab stuff, you're strengthening your shoulder, your elbow and all that, you know. But for me, it's definitely helped me come back and throw in a little bit harder, having my stuff come out a little bit more. But I think it's just all the rehab process, you know, strengthening your body for 18 months, you know, not doing pretty much baseball, but just like strengthening, stretching out and all that stuff can definitely help you a lot today.
Wins and losses have been a little bit tougher with a kingpin team in the Northwest League this season. You're kind of playing for second in the first half part of the season anyway. But despite that, pitching has not really been... Starting pitching has not really been the problem. Carrying in the tradition of Trey Savage, Johnny King's had a great start. You've had a good start. You guys are getting a reputation.
What pitching mindset and approach does Nolan credit for his recent success?
Does it help to know that... A, it's come from this franchise before, and B, that you're, you know, maybe you and Johnny have been able to work off each other and be inspired by each other a little bit?
Yeah, you know, it definitely gives me confidence, you know, seeing Trey, what he did last year, even Gage Sanford when he came out here last year and dominated. But yeah, I'd say, you know, Johnny, Daniel Guerra, Landon, there's a bunch of great guys here that, you know, we all just try to,
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:42
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How did Nolan Perry describe his blazing start with the Vancouver Canadians?
0:42–3:44
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What pitching mindset and approach does Nolan credit for his recent success?
3:44–5:26
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What injury did Nolan Perry suffer and how did his Tommy John recovery unfold?
5:26–8:23
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