• Full name Robert Anthony Stock
  • Born 11/21/1989 in Bellevue, WA
  • Profile Ht.: 6'1" / Wt.: 260 / Bats: L / Throws: R
  • School Southern California
  • Debut 06/24/2018
  • Drafted in the 2nd round (67th overall) by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2009 (signed for $525,000).
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    Stock is one of the draft's most intriguing players due to his background. He was Baseball America's Youth Player of the Year in 2005 when he was 15, and a year later, Stock skipped his senior year in high school to enroll at Southern California. He's a 19-year-old draft-eligible junior, and his college career has been one of valleys and recent peaks. He was the Trojans' starting catcher and sometime closer his first two seasons, showing modest power, a good fastball and good catch-and-throw skills. He showed raw power and catch-and-throw tools in his first two seasons, particularly arm strength. However, his draft stock suffered; after ranking No. 5 in our Cape Cod League Top 30 following his freshman season, he didn't even make the top 30 last summer, and scouts were stunned by his poor performance on scout day in fall 2008, when his bat looked slow and his pop times sluggish. When Stock got off to a slow start offensively in 2009, attention shifted to his performance on the mound. The Trojans turned to Stock as a starter this year, and he has delivered. He made his first start March 29 and beat Arizona State, striking out 10 in five innings, and hasn't looked back, registering a complete-game win at Arizona and showing surprising polish. His delivery is fairly easy, giving him good control of an 88-92 mph fastball that can hit 95 and a surprisingly good changeup that some scouts consider a plus pitch. His low-80s breaking ball also grades out as average, and Stock now figures to go out in the first three rounds as a pitcher--if he proves signable.

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Career Transactions

  • Long Island Ducks placed RHP Robert Stock on the temporarily inactive list.
  • Long Island Ducks signed RHP Robert Stock.
  • Nashville Sounds activated RHP Robert Stock.
  • Nashville Sounds transferred RHP Robert Stock to the Development List.
  • Israel activated RHP Robert Stock.
  • Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Robert Stock and to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
  • RHP Robert Stock assigned to Nashville Sounds.

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