23-year old righty starting pitcher Kyle Drabek pitched in 14 games (all starts) earlier this year for the Blue Jays and he was 4-5 with a 5.70 ERA and a 1.79 WHIP. He walked 52 batters in 72 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays and that secured his demotion to AAA. The Blue Jays would have likely brought up Drabek soon if he pitched well in AAA, but that just didn’t happen. Drabek has pitched in 12 games (all starts) in AAA-ball since his demotion and he is 3-3 with a 7.10 ERA and a 2.07 WHIP. He has given up 87 hits and he has walked 34 batters in his first 58 1/3 innings in AAA-ball and that is downright pathetic. Drabek is going to have to get his act back together in the minors before he gets another shot at the show.

32-year old righty reliever Jason Frasor really stepped up last season for the Blue Jays. He pitched in 61 games (0 starts) in 2009 for the Jays and he was 7-3 with 11 saves, a 2.50 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP. Despite a lot of phone calls over the winter the Blue Jays continued to resist trading Frasor. But he hasn’t rewarded the Jays for holding onto him yet this year. Frasor has played in 26 games (0 starts) for the Blue Jays this year and he is 2-1 with 3 saves, a 5.09 ERA and a 1.78 WHIP. He has whiffed 27 batters in only 23 innings this season showing that the stuff is still there but he has also walked 14 batters which is way too many. With the Blue Jays suddenly contending this season it’s imperative that Frasor starts to pitch like he did last season.

The Blue Jays have designated 26-year old lefty starting pitcher Dana Eveland for assignment. Eveland has started 9 games for the Blue Jays this year and he is 3-4 with a 6.45 ERA and a 1.88 WHIP. He has allowed 57 hits and he has walked 27 batters in only 44 2/3 innings so he deserved what he got. Eveland has already said that he will accept a minor league assignment from the Jays if he clears waivers.

You would think batting practice was over an hour before the game unless you saw a game that Josh Towers pitched. In that case the batting practice continues after the game has started. Towers is 4-5 this season with a 5.07 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP so far. It’s amazing that he has won 4 games when you consider that he has allowed 81 hits and 11 homers in only 71 innings this season. Towers has only walked 11 batters and that helps him survive despite getting hit hard….and often.

Tomo Ohka has been pitching batting practice so far for the Jays. In 8 starts, he is 2-4 with a 5.52 ERA and a 1.51 WHIP so far this season. In 45.2 innings, he has allowed 50 hits, 10 homers and he’s walked 19 batters while only whiffing 16. If Ohka keeps pitching like this he will wind up in the Jays bullpen.