It's becoming clear Blue Jays completely fleeced Dodgers in forgotten 2024 trade

There weren't many people picking Braydon Fisher as a breakout candidate for the 2025 Toronto Blue Jays bullpen, but six months into the season he's been one of the most consistent and reliable arms in the Toronto 'pen this year.

The 24-year-old made his MLB debut on May 11, 2025 getting the honour of finishing a blowout game for the Blue Jays over the Mariners. Fisher entered the game in the ninth, allowed a hit and nothing more in one inning of work as Toronto took the contest 9-1. Since then, Fisher has about as perfect as you can be as a reliever at the MLB level.

His lone blemish was when he allowed five runs (and two home runs) in an inning and a third of work as a starter, in a game the Blue Jays would end up winning 8-5. He didn't let that experience rattle him as he didn't allow a run over his next 14 outings. Take away the five runs he gave up in that start against the A's and Fisher has allowed just four earned runs all season as a reliever, with no home runs and 43 strikeouts in 33 innings of work. His 1.09 ERA as a reliever is the second lowest by a pitcher who has thrown at least 30 innings this season.

It's becoming clear Blue Jays completely fleeced Dodgers in forgotten 2024 trade

The one knock against him would be that he's only got those 33 innings under his belt, but again, he didn't debut until May, and as a Rookie has had to earn the trust of Manager John Schneider as the season has gone on.

After being selected by the Dodgers in the 4th-round of the 2018 MLB draft, Fisher had mixed results since his debut in pro-ball at the young age of 17, but it wasn't a foregone conclusion that he would ever come up to the Majors and look this good, this early. While it's always a positive for the franchise to find a guy who can contribute to the big league club, it comes as a bonus when that guy is acquired in a trade for someone they thought was going to be a big piece of the ballclub.

That's what happened during the 2024 season, when the Blue Jays traded Cavan Biggio to the Dodgers in June in exchange for Fisher. When Biggio made his debut for the Blue Jays in 2019, he was looked at potentially being another key piece of that core for the Toronto's window of contention. While Biggio was a part of two post-season runs for the Blue Jays, he was never able to capitalize on his promising rookie season in which he posted a 3.1 bWAR, slashing .234/.364/.439 with a 113 OPS+ and a career high 16 home runs,

At the time of the deal, Biggio was struggling, and those struggles continued when he got to LA. That started a year long game of musical chairs for the former Blue Jay who was just recently released by the Royals, and signed a minor league deal with the Angels. Biggio, at just 30-years-old, still has time to prove he belongs in the big leagues, especially as a useful utility player, but it's going to be tough to cut it with the Angels as they have a lot of guys on the roster who play Biggio's positions, have positional flexibility, and hit left-handed.

Meanwhile, the Blue Jays will hope that Fisher can continue to do what he has been doing this season as he has quickly become one of the better under-the-radar returns for General Manager Ross Atkins and the Blue Jays.