White Sox trade Edwin Jackson and Mark Teahen to Toronto for reliever Jason Frasor and pitching prospect Zach Stewart

Merkin @ CWS:

The White Sox and Blue Jays completed a trade Wednesday that sent Chicago starter Edwin Jackson and third baseman Mark Teahen to Toronto in exchange for reliever Jason Frasor and pitching prospect Zach Stewart. …

Let’s see what B-R says for the 2 guys that came back. For Jason Frasor:

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1999	21	DET-min	A-,A	5	4	.556	1.96	16	15	0	1	1	0	82.2	53	26	18	5	31	0	102	3	5	3	326		1.016	5.8	0.5	3.4	11.1	3.29	ONE,WMI · NYPL,MIDW
2000	22	DET-min	A	5	3	.625	3.28	14	14	0	0	0	0	71.1	55	32	26	2	29	0	65	4	1	5	300		1.178	6.9	0.3	3.7	8.2	2.24	WMI · MIDW
2002	24	DET-min	A+	5	6	.455	3.54	24	24	0	0	0	0	117.0	112	54	46	10	46	1	87	8	2	2	494		1.350	8.6	0.8	3.5	6.7	1.89	LAK · FLOR
2003	25	LAD-min	AA,A+	2	0	1.000	2.51	50	0	41	0	0	23	61.0	49	21	17	2	18	0	86	1	1	1	248		1.098	7.2	0.3	2.7	12.7	4.78	JCK,VRO · SOUL,FLOR
2004	26	TOR-min	AAA	0	0		2.25	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	18		1.500	2.2	0.0	11.2	13.5	1.20	SYR · IL
2004	26	TOR	AL	4	6	.400	4.08	63	0	37	0	0	17	68.1	64	31	31	4	36	3	54	2	2	4	299	119	1.463	8.4	0.5	4.7	7.1	1.50
2005	27	TOR	AL	3	5	.375	3.25	67	0	12	0	0	1	74.2	67	31	27	8	28	2	62	3	0	1	305	137	1.272	8.1	1.0	3.4	7.5	2.21
2006	28	TOR-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.98	18	0	6	0	0	1	20.1	21	10	9	1	13	0	33	0	0	3	92		1.672	9.3	0.4	5.8	14.6	2.54	SYR · IL
2006	28	TOR	AL	3	2	.600	4.32	51	0	12	0	0	0	50.0	47	24	24	8	17	1	51	2	0	3	215	106	1.280	8.5	1.4	3.1	9.2	3.00
2007	29	TOR	AL	1	5	.167	4.58	51	0	18	0	0	3	57.0	47	29	29	3	23	1	59	2	1	2	242	98	1.228	7.4	0.5	3.6	9.3	2.57
2008	30	TOR	AL	1	2	.333	4.18	49	0	21	0	0	0	47.1	36	23	22	4	32	4	42	1	0	6	208	102	1.437	6.8	0.8	6.1	8.0	1.31
2009	31	TOR	AL	7	3	.700	2.50	61	0	36	0	0	11	57.2	43	17	16	4	16	3	56	2	0	2	227	178	1.023	6.7	0.6	2.5	8.7	3.50
2010	32	TOR	AL	3	4	.429	3.68	69	0	18	0	0	4	63.2	61	30	26	4	27	6	65	4	0	5	279	114	1.382	8.6	0.6	3.8	9.2	2.41
2011	33	TOR	AL	2	1	.667	2.98	44	0	6	0	0	0	42.1	38	15	14	4	15	1	37	2	0	2	178	137	1.252	8.1	0.9	3.2	7.9	2.47
8 Seasons				24	28	.462	3.69	455	0	160	0	0	36	461.0	403	200	189	39	194	21	426	18	3	25	1953	120	1.295	7.9	0.8	3.8	8.3	2.20
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.462	3.69	68	0	24	0	0	5	69	60	30	28	6	29	3	64	3	0	4	292	120	1.295	7.9	0.8	3.8	8.3	2.20

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Generated 7/27/2011.

and Zach Stewart:

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2008	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-A	CIN	1	4	.200	1.09	24	0	21	0	0	5	33.0	26	7	4	0	14	2	36	2	0	0	136	1.212	7.1	0.0	3.8	9.8	2.57
2008	21	Dayton	MIDW	A	CIN	1	2	.333	0.55	11	0	10	0	0	3	16.1	10	2	1	0	3	0	13	1	0	0	61	0.796	5.5	0.0	1.7	7.2	4.33
2008	21	Sarasota	FLOR	A+	CIN	0	2	.000	1.62	13	0	11	0	0	2	16.2	16	5	3	0	11	2	23	1	0	0	75	1.620	8.6	0.0	5.9	12.4	2.09
2009	22	4 Teams	4 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA	TOR,CIN	4	1	.800	1.89	34	14	7	1	0	2	105.0	105	34	22	3	32	0	93	2	0	4	439	1.305	9.0	0.3	2.7	8.0	2.91
2009	22	Sarasota	FLOR	A+	CIN	1	1	.500	2.13	7	7	0	1	0	0	42.1	47	17	10	1	8	0	32	1	0	1	177	1.299	10.0	0.2	1.7	6.8	4.00
2009	22	Carolina	SOUL	AA	CIN	3	0	1.000	1.46	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.0	29	7	6	1	10	0	31	1	0	1	145	1.054	7.1	0.2	2.4	7.5	3.10
2009	22	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	TOR	0	0		3.38	11	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	18	8	5	1	6	0	14	0	0	1	62	1.800	12.2	0.7	4.0	9.4	2.33
2009	22	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	0		0.73	9	0	4	0	0	2	12.1	11	2	1	0	8	0	16	0	0	1	55	1.541	8.0	0.0	5.8	11.7	2.00
2010	23	New Hampshire	EL	AA	TOR	8	3	.727	3.63	26	26	0	0	0	0	136.1	131	59	55	13	54	0	106	5	2	5	575	1.357	8.6	0.9	3.6	7.0	1.96
2011	24	New Hampshire	EL	AA	TOR	5	5	.500	4.20	16	16	0	1	0	0	94.1	106	49	44	6	27	0	74	1	1	3	403	1.410	10.1	0.6	2.6	7.1	2.74
4 Seasons						18	13	.581	3.05	100	56	28	2	0	7	368.2	368	149	125	22	127	2	309	10	3	12	1553	1.343	9.0	0.5	3.1	7.5	2.43
AA (3 seasons)				AA		16	8	.667	3.53	49	49	0	1	0	0	267.2	266	115	105	20	91	0	211	7	3	9	1123	1.334	8.9	0.7	3.1	7.1	2.32
AAA (1 season)				AAA		0	0		2.10	20	0	7	0	0	2	25.2	29	10	6	1	14	0	30	0	0	2	117	1.675	10.2	0.4	4.9	10.5	2.14
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		1	3	.250	1.98	20	7	11	1	0	2	59.0	63	22	13	1	19	2	55	2	0	1	252	1.390	9.6	0.2	2.9	8.4	2.89
A (1 season)				A		1	2	.333	0.55	11	0	10	0	0	3	16.1	10	2	1	0	3	0	13	1	0	0	61	0.796	5.5	0.0	1.7	7.2	4.33

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/27/2011.

I see Toronto trade Edwin Jackson and some relievers to St. Louis for Colby Rasmus. And not any good relievers. I’d prefer getting Rasmus to getting Frasor/Stewart. Yes, Rasmus has his negatives but it would have been a better return than Frasor/Stewart.