Blue Jays Nation’s 2026 Pre-Season Prospect Countdown

Blue Jays Nation’s 2026 Pre-Season Prospect Countdown – No. 32: Landen Maroudis

The 2026 season will be a big one for pitching prospect Landen Maroudis.

This is Blue Jays Nation’s bi-annual prospect ranking, where we’ll look at the top 35 prospects in the system in the month of February. As always, I’ll look at the player’s stats, what other publications have to say, as well as my own observations of the players. If you missed the 33-ranked prospect, you can read about Elaineiker Coronado here.

Getting to know Landen Maroudis

Position: Starting pitcher

Throws: Right

Born: December 16th, 2004

Acquired: Fourth round, 2023 draft

With their fourth round pick in the 2023 draft, the Toronto Blue Jays picked Maroudis from Calvary Christian High School, in Clearwater. Like most pitchers that the Blue Jays draft, Maroudis didn’t make his professional debut until the following season. Over three outings, the right-handed pitcher had a 0.84 ERA and 2.43 FIP in 10.2 innings pitched, with a 31.6 K% and 10.5 BB%.

Unfortunately, Maroudis left that third game due to an injury, which later required Tommy John surgery, thus ending his 2024 season. Due to getting an internal brace, Maroudis’ recovery time was shorter than the recovery for typical Tommy John surgery, joining the Florida Complex League Blue Jays in early May 2025.

In six outings with the FCL Jays, the 21-year-old righty had a 4.80 ERA and 4.23 FIP in 15 innings pitched, with a 20.6 K% and 15.9 BB%. His numbers got worse once he re-joined the Dunedin Blue Jays, finishing his tenure there with a 7.42 ERA and 7.04 FIP in 30.1 innings pitched, with a 13.7 K% and 22.9 BB%.

So why does he still rank on our 2026 pre-season list? Well, there are two reasons. First off, according to Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi, Maroudis was told not to worry about stats in 2025, rather focusing on the recovery process.

Additionally, before he went down with an injury, Maroudis’ stuff looked sharp. He averaged around 93-94 mph with the fastball and also threw a curveball that generated a ton of whiffs in a small sample size, as well as a solid slider. Once he returned, his fastball velocity dipped to 90.3 mph, but both the slider and curveball still generated a respectable number of whiffs.

That said, the 2026 season is a big one for Maroudis. You have to imagine that with his return nearly a full year behind him, that results will matter once the 2026 season begins. A big step to recovering the potential he had shown before the injury is his velocity jumping back up while throwing strikes. It’s more than likely the 21-year-old will start 2026 with the D-Jays.

Getting to know Landen Maroudis

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