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Cubs Claim Robert Stock

By Mark Polishuk | December 2, 2020 at 1:25pm CDT

The Cubs announced that right-hander Robert Stock has been claimed off waivers from the Red Sox.  Stock was designated for assignment by Boston last week.

Stock posted a 4.73 ERA over 13 1/3 innings for the Red Sox last season.  The 31-year-old has a 4.24 ERA, 2.16 K/BB rate, and 9.5 K/9 over 63 2/3 career innings with Boston and San Diego from 2018-20, though Stock also pitched for a number of different organizations (both MLB-affiliated and in independent ball and Mexico) since the Cardinals made him a second-round pick in the 2009 draft.

Control has been something of an issue for Stock both in the minors and particularly in the majors over the course of his career, though he does have a live fastball that regularly sits in the mid-90s.  There’s little risk for the Cubs in seeing if they can turn that live arm into a more reliable bullpen weapon as Chicago looks to add relief help this offseason.

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  1. anthonyd4412

    5 years ago

    Anxiously awaiting the idiotic dumpster comments. And 3…2….

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    • nmendoza7

      5 years ago

      Because he’ll probably he outrighted or claimed in the next week.

      Reply
    • stan lee the manly

      5 years ago

      Theo is gone, so can there really be any true dumpster diving comments anymore?

      Reply
      • baseballpun

        5 years ago

        Ol’ Dumpster Divin’ Ricketts!

        1
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        • chitown311

          5 years ago

          Trash Heapin’ Hoyer!

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        • Ogie Oglethorpe

          5 years ago

          Chitown311,even though you are a jagbag, Trash Heapin’ Hoyer was pretty funny.

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    • Sideline Redwine

      5 years ago

      white sox fans have nothing better to do, they don’t know how to prepare for a potentially successful season (first one for many of them). I pity them, and the parents who have to house them for their first forty years.

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  2. ChiSox_Fan

    5 years ago

    Didn’t Robert Stock host “Unsolved Mysteries”?!

    Maybe he can expose where the Cubs money went. Other than into the dumpster!’

    2
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    • Ry.the.Stunner

      5 years ago

      That was Robert Stack.

      Reply
      • bobtillman

        5 years ago

        Some of us older folks remember him as Eliot Ness……I have a picture of Thomas Jefferson in my high school yearbook…..quite the skirt-chaser, old Tom was….

        1
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      • keysox

        5 years ago

        Untouchable (s)

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    • chitown311

      5 years ago

      This week on Unsolved Mysteries,,,We begin our quest to search for that elusive dynasty that Cubs fans guaranteed…

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      • Sheep8

        5 years ago

        Sox fan worrying about the Cubs again.

        2
        Reply
      • bucknerkingmansutter

        5 years ago

        And you’ve done what since 2005, other than hosting more dog days so you can fill Guaranteed Low Attendance Field???

        2
        Reply
      • pinstripes17

        5 years ago

        where’s the sox ring at? trust the prospects!

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        • wordonthestreet

          5 years ago

          Pinstripes you are spot on

          Reply
    • Ogie Oglethorpe

      5 years ago

      Capt. Rex Kramer!

      Reply
    • johnk

      5 years ago

      Robert STACK.

      Reply
  3. Frickster1402

    5 years ago

    That man was hot garbage

    Reply
  4. dirtbagfreitas

    5 years ago

    Worth a flyer if you think you can get his control back to the 2018 version. Otherwise he’s pretty much struggled with walks throughout his career.

    1
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  5. bobtillman

    5 years ago

    If you’re claiming pitchers off the Red Sox waiver wire, you’re in deeeeeeeeeeeeeep do-do…..

    3
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  6. badco44

    5 years ago

    Part of the dumpster fire known as Boston’s Pen!

    1
    Reply
  7. pappyvw

    5 years ago

    “Perhaps YOU can help solve this mystery (and here’s what I heard as a terrified 8-year old watching Unsolved Mysteries)”; “Perhaps YOU have the killer in your basement … right now.” His voice and facial expressions were terrifying

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    • tim815

      5 years ago

      And his vocal hopelessness sprung careers for narrators in countless Cops type shows.

      And then, he headed into the basement.

      Reply
  8. Ogie Oglethorpe

    5 years ago

    Capt. Rex Kramer!

    Reply
  9. Dorothy_Mantooth

    5 years ago

    The Cubs love picking up former players & prospects out of the Boston system. This has to be #4 or #5 since the beginning of last year.

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