{"id":109780,"date":"2025-11-21T19:54:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=109780"},"modified":"2025-11-21T19:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:54:50","slug":"dodgers-non-tender-evan-phillips-nick-frasso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/11\/21\/dodgers-non-tender-evan-phillips-nick-frasso\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Closer and Future Star Non-Tendered By Dodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers had to make a couple of difficult decisions today. They non-tendered pitchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/phillev01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Phillips<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=frasso000nic&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Frasso<\/a>, and they have officially become free agents, according to Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times. Phillips is reportedly eligible for $6.1 million in arbitration.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109785\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-109785\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_25544611_168400885_lowres-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_25544611_168400885_lowres-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_25544611_168400885_lowres-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_25544611_168400885_lowres-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_25544611_168400885_lowres-1536x1046.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_25544611_168400885_lowres-2048x1395.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Feb 28, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Nick Frasso (79) against the Los Angeles Angels during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Dodgers Non-Tender Pitchers Evan Phillips, Nick Frasso<\/h2>\n<h3>Arm Full of Promise<\/h3>\n<p>Frasso <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/23\/examining-dodgers-prospects-callup\/\" target=\"_self\">came over<\/a> in a deal with the San Diego Padres in exchange for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beatyma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Beaty<\/a>. He had incredible stuff and made a rapid rise in the Dodgers&#8217; minor-league system. However, he sustained a shoulder injury and missed all of the 2024 season with surgery. He only had a few outings in 2025, and he seemed to struggle to recover his repertoire and mechanics. Frasso ended the season on the 60-day injured list.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Andrew Friedman says the Dodgers are still interested in re-signing Evan Phillips<\/p>\n<p>He was due to make more than $6 million thru arbitration for next season, but is still recovering from a Tommy John surgery he had last June<\/p>\n<p>Friedman&#8217;s full statement: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qGlnI3t6Sv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/qGlnI3t6Sv<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U5DMIYguf3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/U5DMIYguf3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Harris (@ByJackHarris) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByJackHarris\/status\/1991997072028111069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Undiscovered Talent Becomes Lockdown Closer<\/h3>\n<p>Right-hander Evan Phillips came over from the Tampa Bay Rays in 2021 and quickly caught the eye of the Dodgers. His 95-mph fastball and filthy sweeper were a lethal arsenal. He quickly rose to a high-leverage reliever in 2023 to the top of manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/roberda07.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Roberts<\/a>&#8216; &#8220;trust tree.&#8221; He served as the Dodgers&#8217; closer for the 2023-24 seasons until a shoulder injury kept him <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/03\/13\/dodgers-relievers-banda-phillips-minor-league-options\/\" target=\"_self\">off the World Series roster<\/a> in 2024. Phillips hadn&#8217;t recovered, and his 2025 season ended early with Tommy John surgery <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/30\/dodgers-evan-phillips-tommy-john-surgery\/\" target=\"_self\">in May<\/a>. As a result, he will probably not see a big league mound until the second half of next year.<\/p>\n<h3>Is the Door Ajar?<\/h3>\n<p>Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman said that Los Angeles was open to re-signing the closer. Phillips said that he wanted to take the recovery process further and see how he feels before signing on the dotted line. If the closer signs a contract, it will be in March when the team can add him to the 60-day IL<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers&#8217; 40-man roster is down to 37. Now, how will they fill it?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers had to make a couple of difficult decisions today. They non-tendered pitchers Evan Phillips and Nick Frasso, and they have officially become free agents, according to Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times. Phillips is reportedly eligible for $6.1 million in arbitration. Dodgers Non-Tender Pitchers Evan Phillips, Nick Frasso Arm Full [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":101316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,926,1071,35],"tags":[257,2154,1673,3846],"class_list":["post-109780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodgers","category-milb","category-mlb","category-news","tag-dave-roberts","tag-evan-phillips","tag-matt-beaty","tag-nick-frasso"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109780"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109786,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109780\/revisions\/109786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}