June 15, 20196 yr He's had a rough go of things at the AAA level. Seems like a middle relief option if he can ever figure out how to keep the ball in the park.
June 15, 20196 yr Essentially Alex Call and Jordan Stephens for Yonder Alonso in hindsight. Doesn't benefit either team (Call and Stephens are more on the fringey side), but Cleveland "wins" cause they got rid of that salary.
June 15, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, SoxAce said: Essentially Alex Call and Jordan Stephens for Yonder Alonso in hindsight. Doesn't benefit either team (Call and Stephens are more on the fringey side), but Cleveland "wins" cause they got rid of that salary. Lol, How do you figure? What does Stephens have to do with Alonso and Call deal?
June 15, 20196 yr Did I miss something? If he was claimed off waivers doesn’t that mean they were moving him off the 40? Do teams randomly do that during the season or can we anticipate someone being added, possibly to move them up to Chicago?
June 15, 20196 yr 16 minutes ago, RTC said: Did I miss something? If he was claimed off waivers doesn’t that mean they were moving him off the 40? Do teams randomly do that during the season or can we anticipate someone being added, possibly to move them up to Chicago? Maybe just clearing room for Jon Jay.
June 15, 20196 yr 7 minutes ago, GenericUserName said: Maybe just clearing room for Jon Jay. Wouldn’t he have already been on the 40?
June 15, 20196 yr 10 minutes ago, RTC said: Wouldn’t he have already been on the 40? I believe he was on 60-day IL, if so then he was exempt from 40 man roster count, so they need to add him back to 40-man.
June 15, 20196 yr Makes sense. The Sox have a lot better middle relief prospects than Jordan Stephens. Don't know why he was ranked the White Sox #29 prospect by MLB as there are more intriguing prospects in the system. As a 26 year old with one above average pitch, his 8.60 ERA with a .330 batting average against are not great stats.
June 17, 20196 yr Decent chance Stephens ends up getting moved off Cleveland's 40 before long as well, so we may see this turn into an Ian Clarkin type of situation
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