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Cubs Designate Robert Stock For Assignment

By Anthony Franco | February 28, 2021 at 1:02pm CDT

The Cubs are designating right-hander Robert Stock for assignment, per Jordan Bastian of MLB.com (Twitter link). The move clears 40-man roster space for left-hander Kyle Ryan, who was activated from the COVID-19 list, per Russell Dorsey of the Chicago Sun-Times. Chicago claimed Stock off waivers from the Red Sox last December.

A former Cardinals’ second-round pick as a catching prospect, Stock washed out as a position player but clicked after a conversion to the mound. The hard-throwing reliever earned a big league job with the 2018 Padres and showed some promise, pitching to a 2.50 ERA/3.61 SIERA over 39.2 innings.

Stock wasn’t able to carry that success over in the following seasons, though, thanks largely to difficulty throwing strikes. He has a 7.13 ERA across 24 innings over the past two seasons with San Diego and Boston. Stock’s 24.6% strikeout rate in that time is adequate, but he’s issued walks at an untenable 15.3% clip.

Despite his control issues, it’s easy to see why Stock has continued to attract interest from teams with space available at the back of the 40-man roster. Stock’s four-seam fastball sits in the mid-high 90’s. He has gotten swings and misses at a near league-average rate and has induced ground balls on a strong 50.8% of balls in play over his big league career. Perhaps there’s still some hope the late-blooming Stock could develop adequate control and stick in a team’s middle relief mix.

The Cubs have a week to trade Stock or place him on waivers. He hasn’t yet reached arbitration and still has a minor-league option year remaining, so he’d represent a rather flexible depth piece for potential acquiring clubs.

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  1. Gothamcityriddler

    4 years ago

    Bobby Stock’s stock is way down

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    • despicable_you

      4 years ago

      Get wallSteetBets on the case

      4
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      • DarkSide830

        4 years ago

        #RobertStocktotheMoon

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    • PeteWard8

      4 years ago

      Now the Cubs are meaning business. The time to get serious is now. Good job Jed keep it up. Cubs got the momentum now.

      3
      Reply
      • Hopi

        4 years ago

        Pete this is going to set up the big Blockbuster move all of us Cubs fans have been waiting for all offseason

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        • PeteWard8

          4 years ago

          Cubs are making room for the big jump.

          Reply
    • AngelsAdvocate

      4 years ago

      The Cubs’ stock is down.

      3
      Reply
    • GaryWarriorsRedSoxx

      4 years ago

      Put a Stock in it.

      1
      Reply
  2. MWeller77

    4 years ago

    Meanwhile Johnny Aftermarket is set to join the big league club

    Reply
  3. DrDan75

    4 years ago

    This is how the careers of most big league players end. Not with a flashy retirement, but with a string of DFA’s and an eventual slide into obscurity.

    Stock has a pretty lively fastball. He will get another shot somewhere else before he’s through.

    2
    Reply
  4. schwender

    4 years ago

    SDP->PHI->BOS->CHC->

    Reply
  5. Asfan0780

    4 years ago

    Would a team consider him as a 2 way player- backup catcher/ reliever? He doesn’t have to hit well to get a role as a backup catcher

    1
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    • DarkSide830

      4 years ago

      i dont think he’s caught in years

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    • mlb1225

      4 years ago

      He’s caught 2 games in 2016 and hasn’t caught regularly since 2011. At the most, he’s the emergency, all the other catchers are hurt and it’s extra innings, backstop.

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      Reply
  6. Balrog Vega

    4 years ago

    Is that a Stock photo in the caption? Where should I go to get some Stock footage?

    2
    Reply
    • Sheep8

      4 years ago

      That’s an unsolved mystery

      5
      Reply
      • Robert-5

        4 years ago

        Stack, but solid comment!

        Reply
  7. stevewpants

    4 years ago

    Bob Stock is a music concert festival in Colorado.

    Reply
  8. bobtillman

    4 years ago

    This topic about Robert Stock should be Untouchable…..

    Yes, I’m old.

    4
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    • Captain Dunsel

      4 years ago

      That was Ness-tled in your memory.

      4
      Reply
  9. whyhayzee

    4 years ago

    Maybe “Trouble Throwing Strikes” could be the sequel to “Trouble With The Curve”. Clint Eastwood plays a major league scout who follows a prospect pitcher around along with his great grand daughter who has an incredible knack for seeing the strike zone from all angles and distances. As they watch the prospect throw from two counties away so as to not draw the attention of other teams, she realizes that all of his pitches ever so slightly miss the strike zone. While lower level batters keep swinging at these too close to let pass by pitches, they each realize that when the pitcher faces hitters with incredible grasp of the strike zone like Brett Gardner, those pitches will get taken for strikes, I mean balls. The movie received an 87% pound on the ceiling rating from Rotten Tomatoes.

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  10. johnnybadd2019

    4 years ago

    Mrs. Stock won’t be happy

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  11. Knucksie

    4 years ago

    Stock is a legend on Twitter: @RobertStock6

    He has a career of stand-up ahead of him whenever this baseball thing comes to a close.

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