The Dodgers have re-signed right-hander Nick Frasso to a minor league contract, per Aram Leighton of Just Baseball. Frasso was non-tendered by the club in November but now returns on a new deal.
The 27-year-old was a fourth round draft pick by the Blue Jays in 2020 and has not yet made his big-league debut. He was traded to the Dodgers in August 2022 and pitched the end of that season and most of 2023 in Double-A before reaching Triple-A in August 2023. In 93 innings across two levels in 2023, Frasso had a 3.77 ERA while striking out 26.8% of hitters and allowing just 0.38 home runs per nine innings. He was added to the 40-man roster in November 2023 and ranked as the Dodgers’ No. 2 prospect entering 2024, according to MLB.com. Unfortunately, Frasso underwent labrum surgery on his shoulder that same month, plus a clean-up procedure on his right hip. He ended up missing the entire 2024 season.
He returned to Triple-A in 2025 and posted diminished results. In 77 innings across 43 appearances (five starts), Frasso had a 5.49 ERA and struck out 19.7% of hitters while walking 12.1%. He also allowed 10 home runs after previously allowing no more than four in a season. Meanwhile, his average exit velocity allowed was 88.3 mph after sitting at 85.0 mph at Triple-A in 2023. Injuries have not been uncommon for Frasso. Before the two surgeries in 2024, he underwent an internal brace procedure in 2021 to fix a partially torn UCL. In 2025, he ended the year on the major league 60-day injured list with an undisclosed injury. The Dodgers non-tendered him on November 21.
Frasso’s prospect pedigree and solid stuff make him a decent, low-cost depth option. He averaged 94.6 mph on his four-seamer this year, using the pitch 53.5% of the time. He mixed in his changeup and upper-80s slider 26.2% and 19.5% of the time, respectively. Both the fastball and changeup have graded as plus pitches in the past. Altogether, Frasso has a 3.81 ERA in 229 career minor-league innings with a 26.5% strikeout rate and 0.6 HR/9 allowed. He has accrued just two days of big-league service time and has one option year remaining.
Photo courtesy of Mark J. Rebilas, Imagn Images
Frasso will be a MLB pitcher, though possibly for a team other than the Dodgers.
His cap looks crooked on him on Baseball Refrence. Maybe it’s computer generated.
I wonder why no one offered him a big league deal, considering some of the guys other teams have signed to their 40 man rosters this offseason. After all, this guy was ranked #2 in a loaded farm system not too long ago. I would think some club (looking at you, A’s and Marlins) would take a chance on someone with that pedigree.
Clayton Kershaw is a Hall of Fame pitcher on a team that just won back to back World Series. Sorry that he rents space on your head.
Gapper
My reply was intended for Release the Rockies not you.
I should have specified that.
That’s rich coming from a Rockies fan. Again how many Rox in the HOF ? ??? . Yeah that’s what I thought.
Larry Walker and Todd Helton as players. Leyland in a hyper-technical sense as one of his managerial stops.
Most Rockies fans are cool. I doubt “Release the Rockies” is one of them.
No life. So he has to Troll
Glad they re-signed him. They’ve invested in him and stuck with him. He might be a needed depth piece later in the season.
Woukd like to see him get a chance
Frasso knows the Dodgers and vice-versa. No one would give him a 40 man based on last year. But this year should tell us if it was post-surgeries trouble or if this is the new normal. Glad the Dodgers are going to still work with him.
One of the few thinking replies here on MLBTR
Compare with
“Well at least its down to 9 now that Clayton Chokeshaw is finally gone.”
“9 comments (out of 25 at this point) are hidden because you muted the comment authors.” Thank goodness. Agree with @Echopark and @Another Dodgers Fan.
@diphthong
Did you mute me yet?
Of course not. It’s usually the ones with racist overtones, angry/mean/insulting, über-snarky, or bot-like, voluminous blatherers. Almost makes me wonder what I missed in the seemingly, innocuous Nick Frasso commentary. Almost.