Blue Jays Acquire Jackson, Teahen For Frasor, Stewart
By Tim Dierkes [July 27 at 11:01am CST]
The Blue Jays acquired starter Edwin Jackson and third baseman Mark Teahen
from the White Sox for reliever Jason Frasor and starter Zach Stewart, tweets
Mark Gonzalez of the Chicago Tribune. The deal also includes a cash exchange
of more than $1MM.
Trades are commonplace for Jackson, who was dealt for the fifth time in his
career. The surprising part is that the Blue Jays, 11 games out in the wild
card, acquired the impending free agent. Speculation is that Jackson may be
flipped, possibly to the Cardinals. Jackson, 27, has a 3.92 ERA, 7.2 K/9,
2.9 BB/9, 0.59 HR/9 and 46.9% groundball rate in 121 2/3 innings this season,
making him one of the better starters available. The Scott Boras client will
head to free agency after the season most likely as a Type B. He has about
$2.9MM remaining on his contract this year.
Teahen is regarded as a salary dump, with almost $7.2MM remaining on his
contract through 2012. The 29-year-old is hitting .203/.277/.305 in 130
plate appearances this year, and is another example of Blue Jays GM Alex
Anthopoulos taking on a bad contract to get a deal done. It was reported
yesterday that White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf wanted to trim payroll.
Frasor, the Blue Jays' franchise leader in appearances with 455, has a 2.98
ERA, 7.8 K/9, 3.2 BB/9, 0.85 HR/9, and 40.2% groundball rate this year. The
33-year-old Oak Forest, Illinois native has about $1.2MM remaining on his
contract this year, plus a $3.75MM club option for 2012. If the option is
declined, Frasor will likely be a Type B free agent. He's a fine addition to
any team's bullpen, though the Sox already rank third in the AL with a 3.33
bullpen ERA.
Stewart, 24, ranked 44th among Keith Law's top 100 prospects prior to the
season. Stewart, who Law said has number two starter potential, posted a
4.20 ERA, 7.1 K/9, 2.6 BB/9, and 0.6 HR/9 in 94 1/3 innings this year at
Double-A.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/07/blue-jays-acquire-edwin-jackson
-teahen-for-frasor-plus.html
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http://twitter.com/#!/Ken_Rosenthal/status/96251886172250112
Source: No cash in #BlueJays-#WhiteSox trade. Cash holdup I reported earlier
must be on Jays-#Cardinals end.
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Edwin Jackson Expected To Be Flipped
By Tim Dierkes [July 27 at 11:22am CST]
Edwin Jackson is definitely going to be traded by the Blue Jays, tweets SI's
Jon Heyman. Heyman heard it's going to be for Cardinals outfielder Colby
Rasmus.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/