{"id":311536,"date":"2025-11-27T05:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T05:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/311536\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T05:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T05:39:09","slug":"mets-reunite-with-pitcher-robert-stock-who-reveals-why-he-can-help-2026-team-despite-limited-mlb-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/311536\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets reunite with pitcher Robert Stock, who reveals why he can help 2026 team despite \u2018limited MLB success\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

One well-traveled pitcher believes his stock is only rising in his return to the Mets organization.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Robert Stock, who inked a minor league pact this week that included an invite to spring training, is back with the Mets nearly five years after he last suited up for the team<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stock, 36, sports a bloated 4.90 ERA through 57 career games \u2013 numbers that have led him to bounce around the baseball world since he was first drafted as a catcher back in 2009.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Robert Stock agreed to a minor league deal with the Mets earlier this week, rejoining the organization nearly five years after his last appearance. for the NY POST<\/p>\n

Since turning pro, Stock has been part of eight different MLB organizations, as well as playing in Korea, Mexico and two independent leagues.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 36 years old and have had extremely limited MLB success,\u201d Stock said in an X thread<\/a>. \u201cAnd yet MLB teams continue to give me chances. Why? Because I continually find new ways to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

After six seasons in the minors, Stock enjoyed a solid MLB debut in 2018, posting a 2.50 ERA in 32 games with the Padres. He failed to replicate that success in subsequent seasons with the Red Sox and Cubs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stock\u2019s wife, Sara, even joked during the 2020 campaign she\u2019d consider filing for divorce<\/a> \u201cif he keeps walking the lead-off batter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stock made two appearances for the Mets in 2021 before suffering a season-ending hamstring injury. for the NY POST<\/p>\n

The Mets scooped him up in 2021, and after a solid first appearance at Citi Field, Stock suffered a season-ending hamstring injury<\/a> in his next outing. <\/p>\n

Despite being designated for assignments six times, injuries and the independent league stints, Stock has never considered stopping his pursuit of MLB success.<\/p>\n

\u201cMostly because what else is there that\u2019s better than playing baseball?\u201d Stock told KSDK<\/a> in 2019. \u201cI played a year of independent baseball, and that\u2019s about as low on the totem pole as you can get but it was one of the best times I\u2019ve had playing baseball. There was no thought about stopping.\u201d<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t make it back to the majors until this past season \u2014 a brief stint that produced two rough appearances with the Red Sox and a 10.13 ERA \u2014 but Stock insists 2025 was a step forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cNewest trick for 2026 \u2013 the knucklecurve,\u201d Stock continued, while breaking down a new delivery he was refined to strong results. \u201cIn 2025 I spent the year dedicated to throwing sidearm. It was very successful against [right-handed hitters], and terrible against [left-handed hitters].\u201d<\/p>\n

Stock included video of the pitch from last season with Boston\u2019s Triple-A team and from his recent run with \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as in the Dominican winter league.<\/p>\n

After a strong debut season in 2018, Stock has struggled at the MLB level, carrying a bloated 5.90 ERA through 57 career games. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n

It remains a work in progress, but Stock said the early results are encouraging.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut in my very last outing I threw a knucklecurve for the first time,\u201d Stock said. \u201cIt instantly became my best pitch. Since then, I\u2019ve thrown the pitch exactly 9 times. The results are 6 Ks, 1 checkswing groundout, and 2 balls.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore importantly, it\u2019s a much more platoon neutral pitch that has the potential to solve my woes against LHH.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stock\u2019s velocity remains solid \u2014 his fastball touched 95 mph last year, per Baseball Savant \u2014 but his control (5.3 BB\/9) and inability to limit hits (13.9 H\/9) have hampered him in the majors.<\/p>\n

Recent Mets history offers a blueprint, though. The club has turned journeymen into valuable bullpen arms, including Reed Garrett and Brooks Raley \u2014 and Stock believes he can follow that path.<\/p>\n

\u201cMLB teams agree, and I get to continue my journey to becoming a longtime, established MLB pitcher,\u201d Stock said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo stay tuned to see how it works in 2026, and hope along with me that this is the year I can put the pieces together and help the Mets push deep into the playoffs! Let\u2019s go Mets!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One well-traveled pitcher believes his stock is only rising in his return to the Mets organization. Right-hander Robert…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,5156,47486,591,1830,176542,175720,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-311536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-minor-leagues","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-pitchers","15":"tag-robert-stock","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}