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Phillies Outright Cal Stevenson

By Darragh McDonald | June 7, 2023 at 1:22pm CDT

The Phillies announced that outfielder Cal Stevenson, who was designated for assignment last week, has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Stevenson, 26, has already been a part of a half dozen organizations in his short career. Drafted by the Blue Jays in 2018, he went to the Astros in the 2019 Derek Fisher trade, then to the Rays as part of the 2020 Austin Pruitt deal and to the A’s in the Christian Bethancourt trade. The A’s added him to their roster last season but designated him for assignment in mid-April of this year. He was then flipped to the Giants for cash but put on waivers a couple of weeks ago and landed with the Phillies.

Amid all of those transactions, Stevenson got into 29 major league games, 23 with the A’s last year and 6 with the Giants this year. He walked in 13.3% of his 83 plate appearances but also struck out in 30.1% of them and slashed just .145/.259/.188. But he continued to draw interest based on his strong work in the minors. In Triple-A last year, split between different organizations, he had a 14.7% walk rate and 17.6% strikeout rate while hitting .284/.389/.412. He also stole 16 bases and played all three outfield spots.

Unfortunately, he hasn’t gotten into a groove this year while bouncing from club to club, hitting .208/.344/.273 in 93 Triple-A plate appearances in 2023 so far. That production likely helped him pass through waivers unclaimed. Since this is his first career outright and he has less than three years of service time, he won’t have the ability to elect free agency. That will allow the Phils to retain him as a bit of non-roster outfield depth as he tries to earn his way back to the big leagues.

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  1. cpdpoet

    4 months ago

    Interesting minor league career, can see why they kept him.

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    • Kruk it

      4 months ago

      They can call him up when they need a walk

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  2. DarkSide830

    4 months ago

    LHV’s OF group is quite curious, and should get moreso when Pache pushes Guthrie back to AAA. Not sure if Cal survives that transaction though – this tough season has really taken what luster he had away.

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  3. slowcurve

    4 months ago

    Bet he rode the Peace Train all the way down to Lehigh Valley.

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    • slowcurve

      4 months ago

      Nevermind, I’m an idiot – thought it said Cat Stevenson.

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