The Detroit Tigers selected Frazier in the third round of the 2004 Major League Baseball draft.Jeff Frazier, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed June 3, 2022. "Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ)." In 2007, he was traded to the Seattle Mariners for Yorman Bazardo. He signed with the Tigers as a minor league free agent following the 2007 season. He would stay in the Tigers organization through the 2010 season, making a brief Major League appearance in 2010.
