So as anyone legitimately following the Blue Jays expected, Jason Frasor has officially accepted the team's offer of arbitration. Now I realize the hope was that Frasor would decline arbitration, but can anyone really say they could envision another team willing to part with a first round draft pick in order to sign this guy? I would have lost my fucking mind if the Jays were. The result, however, really isn't all THAT bad. Frasor managed a 3.68 ERA and 1.38 WHIP in just over 63 innings of work last year. He also had a 9.2 SO/9 and 3.8 BB/9. He'll get a raise on his $2.65M salary through arbitration, but it really isn't the end of the world from a numbers perspective. What is irritating is the fact that we're going to have actually watch this guy pitch next year. Rivaled by maybe only Kelvim Escobar, the game literally slows to a fucking crawl when he's out there. But whatever, I'll overlook it if he can improve on last year's numbers.
I think it may be time for Jays fans to come to the realization that Jason Frasor will be with us forever. Based on his numbers over his career, he's not going to fluctuate much, and will always pitch just well enough to maintain his Type A status, and therefore have no reason not to accept arbitration. Anthopolous could however unload him to one of his suitors, or non-tender him next year, but who really knows.
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