The Toronto Blue Jays have made a trade this morning, sending long time set up man Jason Frasor and highly touted prospect Zach Stewart, to the Chicago White Sox for starting pitcher Edwin Jackson and utility man Mark Teahan.

As you can imagine, the gem of this deal will be Zach Stewart. Stewart, who came over with Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Roenicke in the Scott Rolen deal in 2009 was the piece former GM JP Riccardi wanted.

A highly touted prospect in the Toronto Blue Jays system, Stewart made a couple of appearances with the big team this season. Unfortunately, with the Blue Jays already having a young pitching rotation and a ton of pitching prospects, Zach Stewart was deemed expendable.

This year between New Hampshire and Toronto, Stewart accumulated a record of 5 – 6 with an ERA around 4 in 19 games, 16 of which came with New Hampshire.

With a gluten of injuries to their starting rotation in Chicago, Zach Stewart should be able to catch on with the White Sox sooner rather than later. 

On behalf of the Jays Prospects team, I’d just like to wish Zach Stewart good luck and hope to see him facing the Toronto Blue Jays in the near future!