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Braves Re-Sign Jackson Stephens On Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | May 22, 2024 at 1:53pm CDT

The Braves have re-signed righty Jackson Stephens to a new minor league contract, per the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. He’s been assigned to Triple-A Gwinnett. Stephens previously cleared waivers and rejected an outright assignment in favor of free agency. Ultimately, he’ll stick with the club for the time being, though it’s possible the new deal has new opt-out language down the road.

Stephens pitched 3 1/3 innings for Atlanta earlier this season, allowing a run on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts. The 30-year-old right-hander has spent the past three seasons in the Braves organization, with much of that time coming in Gwinnett. Since 2022, Stephens has a 3.52 ERA in 69 big league innings (3.78 FIP, 4.13 SIERA). Stephens’ 19.7% strikeout rate and 9.5% walk rate are less appealing than that baseline earned run average, but he’s nevertheless generally been effective with the Braves. He’s posted similar mid-3.00s ERA marks with Gwinnett dating back to 2022 as well.

An 18th-round pick by the Reds back in 2012, Stephens ranked among Cincinnati’s most promising arms through 2018. He pitched in two seasons with the team that drafted him, recording a 4.83 ERA in 63 1/3 innings from 2017-18. Stephens spent the entire 2019 campaign in the minors and became a free agent after the Reds outrighted him following that season. He was out of baseball for the shortened 2020 season (and canceled minor league season) and then spent the 2021 season with the Mexican League’s Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos before joining the Braves in the 2021-22 offseason.

Born and raised in Oxford, Alabama — just 90 miles west of Atlanta — it’s not that surprising that Stephens has come to feel at home in the Braves organization. He could certainly have found a minor league deal elsewhere — perhaps with a club that has a less-established bullpen group in the majors — but the proximity to home and the familiarity he’s developed over three years in the organization both likely appealed to him. He’ll head back to Gwinnett and try to pitch his way back onto the big league roster this summer.

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  1. Curly Was The Smart Stooge

    1 year ago

    Happy to see they resigned Stephens, but someone please, please throw magic dust on this limp offense

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    • Benjamin101677

      1 year ago

      Imagine though when the offense clicks too good of hitters not too. I am thinking when Murphy comes back; last year first half Murphy was on fire

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    • braveshomer

      1 year ago

      Yeah the offense looks asleep and the bullpen has given up too many games recently.

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  2. RunDMC

    1 year ago

    There’s an 18-wheeler without a driver. Welcome back, Jackson.

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    • bravesfan

      1 year ago

      Funny

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  3. braveshomer

    1 year ago

    I can’t quit you

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