The Blue Jays acquire Mitchell White

[Spanky99]

Mitch White: 27 years old and has a 3.58 ERA in 105 MLB Innings

Nick Frasso: 24 years old and racking up Ks against a bunch of 19 year olds in A-Ball. Ranked outside our top 10 prospects by multiple organizations.

 

BJMB: "OH MY GOD HOW DARE THEY TRADE FRASSO FOR MITCH WHITE!!!! FIRE ATKINS!!!!"

 

'Twas a good trade, bro. Don't sweat it, lol.

[Eat My Shatkins]

'Twas a good trade, bro. Don't sweat it, lol.

 

Yes it was a good trade, I'm still disappointed Frasso is gone though.

[Spanky99]

lol holy s*** man easy on the hyperbole

 

I think one guy somewhere said Atkins should lose his job if they don't make run this year

 

Haven't seen anyone claim Atkins should be fired for trading Frasso

 

Jays don't have many guys in their system who can hit triple digits and are K-ing 14 guys per 9 innings pitched. Some of us were excited to follow his progression and are disappointed he's now gone.

 

Got to pay in a contending year, the prices for SP and Good bats were extremely high this year, Jays did well all things considered.

[Spanky99]

Frasso was our number 13th ranked prospect according to Fangraphs updated list.

 

What was Frasso's org ranking on the other updated lists? MLB Pipeline has him as the Dodgers 26th best prospect, what was he with us? Where did BA have him ranked?

 

EDIT: Looks like he was our 13th best prospect on BA as well.

 

Also... De Jesus was 18th on the Dodgers. BA obviously think he's better than Frasso... and it's arguably true... Frasso has some great traits, but so does Alex. Bat > Pitcher for me.

 

This is Ben Badler on the trade...

 

 

By Ben Badler on August 2, 2022

 

The Blue Jays and Dodgers swapped a pair of Top 30 prospects from their own organizations, with third baseman Alex De Jesus going to Toronto and righthander Nick Frasso heading to Los Angeles. The Blue Jays also get major league righthander Mitch White, while Dominican Summer League lefthander Moises Brito joins the Dodgers.

 

DODGERS RECEIVE

 

Nick Frasso, RHP

Age: 23

 

Frasso is the most intriguing player here. He was a riser on the midseason Top 30 rankings for the Blue Jays, moving up to No. 13 in the system. Through two Class A levels, Frasso had an ERA of 0.74 in 36.2 innings with 57 strikeouts and 10 walks. The limited innings stem from Frasso, a fourth-round pick from Loyola Marymount in 2020, coming back from Tommy John surgery that he had in 2021 and pitching just five innings last year. At the time the Blue Jays drafted Frasso, there were a lot of promising projection indicators in place as a bouncy, athletic strike-thrower with more space to fill out his 6-foot-5 frame and potentially add more velocity to his fastball that was reaching the mid 90s and playing up because of the extension he generates out front. This year, that projection has materialized and enhanced his fastball, which now operates more regularly in the mid-to-upper 90s and has touched 100 mph, albeit in shorter bursts as the Blue Jays managed his workload. His slider is a swing-and-miss pitch and his changeup has improved as well, showing good fading action when it's on to miss bats. Frasso has the pitch mix and control to project as a starter. Whether he can handle that workload for a full season was a question coming out of the draft (he never topped 60 innings in college, and still hasn't in pro ball), so it's an even bigger one now that he's a 23-year-old coming off TJ. Even if his future is in the bullpen, Frasso has high-leverage relief potential.

 

Moises Brito, LHP

 

Age: 20

 

Signed out of the Dominican Republic, Brito is 6-foot-5, 215 pounds and pitching in his first professional season this year in the Dominican Summer League, where he has a 1.86 ERA in 29 innings with 32 strikeouts and one walk. Brito throws a lot of strikes, but it's with a mid-to-upper-80s fastball, so barring a significant uptick in his stuff, he's more of an organizational depth player.

 

BLUE JAYS RECEIVE

 

Alex De Jesus, 3B

Age: 20

 

De Jesus was one of the bigger international signings for the Dodgers in 2018 when he landed a $500,000 bonus out of the Dominican Republic. This year, he hit .259/.398/.483 in 37 games for Low-A Rancho Cucamonga before a promotion to High-A Great Lakes, where he hit .282/.376/.421 in 50 games, with a combined 11 home runs, 60 walks (15%) and 115 strikeouts (29%) in 402 plate appearances between the two stops. That strikeout rate is on the higher side, but scouts highest on De Jesus believe he has a sound swing and tracks pitches well. De Jesus has shown the ability to drive the ball well on pitches middle-in, with better results on pitches on the outer third this year because he's not flying open early as often, helping him drive the ball well in the air the opposite way. It's still an aggressive approach that he will have to rein in some, but some scouts see De Jesus as a future everyday third baseman with 20-25 home run power. De Jesus has spent time at shortstop, but his range fits better at third base, with the hands and plus arm to stay there.

 

Mitch White, RHP

Age: 27

 

White has been a useful pitcher for the Dodgers, posting a 3.70 ERA in 56 innings split between starting and relief with 47 strikeouts and 19 walks. It's low impact, inexpensive depth for a player who won't be eligible for arbitration until 2025 and won't be a free agent until 2028.

[Deadpool]

I didn't see it posted anywhere, but Mitch White has been optioned to Buffalo.

[max silver]

I didn't see it posted anywhere, but Mitch White has been optioned to Buffalo.

 

Sounds like that was just a procedural move as White was in AAA already when he was acquired. All signs point to him taking over Stripling's spot in the rotation over the weekend.

[Deadpool]

Sounds like that was just a procedural move as White was in AAA already when he was acquired. All signs point to him taking over Stripling's spot in the rotation over the weekend.

 

Yeah, I suspect as much, I was just perusing the transactions page and thought I'd post it.