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Jason Frasor returns to Toronto in trade with White Sox

Jared Macdonald — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:13:03 +0000

Ringing in New Year’s with a bang, Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos bolstered the back end of his bullpen with a familiar face, re-acquiring Jason Frasor from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for minor league pitchers Myles Jaye and Daniel Webb.

The move represents the extra right-handed reliever that Anthopoulos was looking to add before the start of the season, but it also likely signals the end of the Jays’ off-season bullpen overhaul.

“[Anthopoulos] basically said with Santos, Oliver, Casey and me, that he’s comfortable with the back end and so am I. I like that foursome,” Frasor said in a conference call to Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi and the rest of the media. “I think there are four guys right there you can rely on.”

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Complete Prospect Report: Aug. 11-12

Jared Macdonald — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:09:51 +0000

Running down what took place in the Jays’ minor league system for Thursday and Friday, a total of 15 games were played because of a Vegas off-day on Thursday and two doubleheaders. Overall, the Jays’ affiliates went 10-5.

Highlights include Adeiny Hechavarria‘s Triple-A debut, Nestor Molina‘s dominant Double-A debut, the Dunedin Jays beating Alex Rodriguez in his rehab appearance with the Tampa Yankees, and stellar starting pitching in Bluefield.

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The Jays Sign All 13 Picks From Top 7 rounds

Mat Germain — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:59:52 +0000

While Shaun Marcum was playing the “anything you can do I can do better” game with Brandon Morrow, Ricky Romero, and Brett Cecil, by coming very close to a no-hitter in a 3-1 win over Oakland, Alex Anthopolous was putting the finishing touches on what has turned out to be the pitcture perfect draft class of 2010.

First, kudos to Marcum who brought the Jays to within 9 games of both the wild card and the AL East lead. Second, congrats to Anthopolous who continues to get the job done in an extremely encouraging manner.

Here’s a rundown of the last minute signings completed by Alex and the Jays:

1st rounder Deck McGuire, $2 million ($209,000 million over MLB’s recommended slot amount)

I do not make any pretention of believing Deck McGuire will be anything greater than a great #3 starter with a slight possibility of being a number 2 if everything falls into place and his experience makes him better. His stuff just doesn’t play that highly. However, his floor is high, meaning that the Jays are pretty well assured of getting a #4 starter at a minimum, which makes the cost of signing him inevitably higher.

2nd rounder Griffin Murphy, $800,000

This was a crucial signing for the Jays as Griffin was the top LHP they got in this draft class and a real talent who has top of the rotation potential. He’s already a blogger-prospect favorite for the Jays writers and will surely make BA’s top 30 Jays prospect list in 2011.

4th rounder Sam Dyson, $600,000

The 5th RHP to be drafted by the Jays in the top 4 rounds, Sam gets a nice bonus for a 4th rounder but will have to fight off a bunch of talented guys to get any sort of shot at being a starter in The Show for the Jays. He’s also the smallest of the 5 RHP drafted in the first 4 rounds, making him the immediate underdog. (more…)