The Los Angeles Dodgers announced on Tuesday the additions of right-handed pitcher Nick Frasso, righty pitcher Landon Knack and catcher Hunter Feduccia to the organizational 40-man roster. The move prevents each player from being chosen by rival teams during this winter’s Rule 5 draft.
Frasso, 25, split the 2023 season between Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City, going a combined 4-6 with a 3.77 ERA (39 ER/93.0 IP) and 107 strikeouts. The right-hander began his career with the Toronto Blue Jays organization, reaching High-A Vancouver before being traded to the Dodgers in 2022 along with left-handed pitcher Moises Brito in exchange for right-handed pitcher Mitch White and minor league infielder Alex De Jesus.
Frasso has pitched in 44 minor league games, recording a 4-6 mark with a 2.96 ERA (50 ER/152.0 IP) and 191 strikeouts. The Southern California native was originally drafted by the Blue Jays in the fourth round of the 2020 MLB Draft out of Loyola Marymount University.
Knack, 26, went 5-1 with a 2.51 ERA (28 ER/100.1 IP) and 99 strikeouts in 2023. He began the season with Double-A Tulsa, going 2-0 with a 2.20 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 57.1 innings. He was promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City on June 17 and went 3-1 with a 2.93 ERA (14 ER/43.0 IP) and 38 strikeouts in 10 starts for the OKC Dodgers.
The Tennessee native was originally drafted by the Dodgers in the second round of the 2020 MLB Draft out of Tennessee State University and has pitched in 55 minor league games in the Dodgers’ organization with a 14-12 record and 3.40 ERA.
Knack appeared on the big-league taxi squad several times during the 2022 season.
Feduccia, 26, had a banner season in 2023, hitting 11 homers and driving in 57 runs while tallying a career-high .279 batting average with an .838 OPS. He played 90 games for the OKC Dodgers, posting a .994 fielding percentage and throwing out 21 base stealers in 741.1 innings behind the plate.
Feduccia has slashed .263/.363/.425 with 40 homers and 206 RBI in 365 minor league games with the Dodgers’ organization. He was originally drafted by the Dodgers in the 12th round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of Louisiana State University.
This year’s Rule 5 draft will take place at the annual Winter Meetings in Nashville on December 6.
Think Blue Planning Committee 
Knack and Frasso were no doubters.
Feduccia could have gone either way, but I’m glad they added him. On the other hand, if they don’t trade Barnes, he’s probably doomed to another year at OKC.
Another guy worth keeping an eye on is Yeiner Fernandez, catcher/2nd baseman. Still only 21 and had a nice year at Great Lakes followed by a good performance at the just concluded Arizona Fall League. I’m guessing that Friedman figures he’s still far enough away from the big time that nobody would draft him and have to stash him on their 26-man roster for 2024. Hopefully he’s right.
They left off a couple of good young pitchers who were hurt last year, Duran and Henriquez. Those two along with Kendall Williams (got him from Toronto in the Ross Stripling trade) would by my guesses as to the most likely guys to get taken in the Rule 5.
40-man is now at 38. That leaves spots for 2 of Ohtani, Yamamoto, Burnes, Glasnow, Nola, Adames, etc., etc. Of course we could include guys who are now on the roster to make more space and get all of the guys I’ve mentioned here. Wouldn’t that be fun.
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You forgot reserving a 40-man spot for Brandon League’s great comeback. 😀
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I guess you haven’t heard. Brandon has retired.
However, Giovanni Cararra is making a comeback and we could certainly make room for him.
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They’ll probably end up giving Jimmy Nelson a year’s worth of paychecks again.
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Old habits are hard to break.
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or Danny Duffy.
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Holy crap, the Brewers just non tendered Brandon Woodruff, I’m flabbergasted.
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As I live and breathe. It’s Keith!
How are you, my friend? Long time, no comment.
Woodruff probably won’t pitch next year and the Brewers would have had to pay him about 11 million to do that. They decided not to.
He’s got one year of control after that (2025). So assuming he’d get about the same salary for that year in arbitration they would have wound up paying him 22 mil for the one year. A team like the Dodgers might have just shrugged and done it, but the Brewers are a small market operation.
They could now still sign him to a re-worked 2 year deal at a lower price. Of course 29 other teams could also sign him now.
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Help me out here, why was nobody interested in trading for him.
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Okay now I get it, I didn’t realize his injury was that serious, I must have spaced out on that one, for some reason I was thinking he would be back sometime in the spring.
Nice to talk to you Jeff, I’ve been doing well but kind of drifted away from reading and posting this season, I watched all of the games though. This is always an exciting time to be a Dodger/baseball fan so I thought I would try to get back in the groove.
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Good to see you back here.
I think we Dodger fans are in for an especially interesting winter this year. Let’s hope so anyway.
Woodruff may make it back later in the season this year, but he had shoulder surgery at the end of October and that usually means a fairly long recovery period. He says he’s hoping to be back for the second half. I say no way.
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His statement must be where I got the idea about him pitching a lot of this year. I’m with you on the shoulder surgeries, look how long it took Bellinger to come back from his, and before him it was Matt Kemp, and his career was never the same.
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