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Phillies Designate Robert Stock For Assignment, Set Opening Day Roster

By Steve Adams | July 23, 2020 at 11:52am CDT

The Phillies set their Opening Day roster this morning, announcing within their press release that righty Robert Stock was designated for assignment. The club has selected the contracts of veteran infielder Neil Walker and right-handers Trevor Kelley and Ramon Rosso. The Phils also reinstated Scott Kingery, Hector Neris, Tommy Hunter and lefty Austin Davis from the injured list. The Phils’ initial roster only includes 29 players, MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki notes, but it seems they could yet add veteran infielder Phil Gosselin to the mix. They’ll first need to make another 40-man move to clear space on the roster, however, which is likely the reason he has not yet been included.

Stock, 30, averages nearly 98 mph on his heater and posted a 4.11 ERA with 9.5 K/9, 3.8 BB/9 and a 50 percent ground-ball rate in 50 1/3 innings with the Padres between 2018-19. That’s a solid-enough resume, but he’s still bounced from St. Louis, to Houston, to Pittsburgh, to Cincinnati, to San Diego and Philadelphia since being a 2009 second-round pick and has only these past two seasons of MLB work on his resume.

Injuries have played their role, but Stock also has struggled to locate the ball throughout his time in the minor leagues (career 5.5 BB/9). He has a pair of minor league options remaining and was claimed by the Phils the last time he hit waivers, so perhaps another club will speculate on his powerful right arm.

It was already known that the veteran Walker would make the club’s Opening Day roster. The former Pirates stalwart has long been a steady producer and has recently added more positions to his repertoire, appearing at third base, first base and in the outfield corners. The switch-hitter batted .261/.344/.395 in 381 plate appearances with the Marlins last year and won a spot on the Phillies over veterans Logan Forsythe and Josh Harrison, among others.

Rosso, 24, has a strong minor league track record as a starter but seems likelier to operate out of the bullpen early in the season. It’ll be his MLB debut whenever he gets into a game. Kelley appeared in the big leagues with th Red Sox last year and was a waiver claim by the Phils, who later outrighted him off the 40-man but kept him in the organization. He pitched his way back into the mix this summer and will get his first MLB look with the Phils in the near future.

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Philadelphia Phillies Transactions Austin Davis Hector Neris Neil Walker Phil Gosselin Robert Stock Scott Kingery Tommy Hunter Trevor Kelley

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11 Comments

  1. DarkSide830

    5 years ago

    ROSSO!

    Reply
    • Phillies2008WFC

      5 years ago

      I wanted Conner Brogden

      Reply
      • DarkSide830

        5 years ago

        Rosso is better and can throw more innings

        Reply
  2. Captain-Judge99

    5 years ago

    Philadelphia Phillies 2020 World Champions!!!

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  3. 13Morgs13

    5 years ago

    Spencer Howard will be up soon. He is the 3rd best pitcher we have

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  4. Captain Dunsel

    5 years ago

    It seems Robert’s Stock has fallen.

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    • ham77

      5 years ago

      He just needs a little time to take Stock of the situation.

      Reply
  5. adultsagainstthedh

    5 years ago

    Gee, I thought Robert Stock was Untouchable.

    Reply
    • Captain Dunsel

      5 years ago

      That was unNessicary., Elliot.

      Reply
      • Bill M

        5 years ago

        He’s switching to football so he can play for the G-men

        Reply
  6. DrDan75

    5 years ago

    He made the fans in all those other cities uncomfortable. They said he was a Stocker.

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