The Purple Sox have claimed appropriate-hander Robert Inventory off waivers from the Phillies, as for every a crew push release. Philadelphia developed Inventory for assignment earlier this week.
Stock signifies the latest new arm in Boston’s organization, as the Sox have also included the likes of Zack Godley, Dylan Covey, and Stephen Gonsalves in latest days in an attempt to shore up a pitching employees thinned by injuries, COVID-relevant absences (i.e. Eduardo Rodriguez) and choose-outs (Collin McHugh). The Purple Sox have optioned Inventory to their minor league teaching web-site, though it isn’t challenging to imagine him receiving a get in touch with to the MLB roster at some point, as the Sox go on to figure out their exceptional bullpen blend.
The really hard-throwing Stock has a 4.11 Era more than 50 1/3 occupation innings, all as a reliever, and all with the Padres from 2018-19. Right after submitting a 2.50 Period in 39 2/3 frames in 2018, Stock struggled to a 10.13 Period around 10 2/3 innings previous year as his walk level and homer fee both equally ballooned, and he also hit the wounded checklist with a biceps strain in September.
Stock was a next-round decide for the Cardinals in the 2009 draft, while he pitched for a few unique corporations (as perfectly as stints in Mexico and unbiased baseball) prior to eventually achieving the Show in 2018. The 30-year-previous has a 3.74 Period, 1.54 K/BB amount, and 8.5 K/9 in excess of 327 vocation minor league innings, doing work as a reliever in 210 of his 217 appearances.
