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Pirates Purchase Contract of First Overall Pick in Frontier League Draft

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have purchased the contract of pitcher Robert Stock from the Normal CornBelters of the Frontier League. Stock wasn’t with the team long, as he was the first overall pick in the 2015 Frontier League draft just three days ago. He was a second round draft pick of the St Louis Cardinals in 2009 and after starting his career as a catcher, he moved to the mound in 2012. Stock pitched 35 games in relief last year, with major control issues. He posted a 4.12 ERA, splitting his time between Low-A and High-A. In 63.1 innings, he had 43 strikeouts and 46 walks. In 172.2 total minor league innings, he had a 120:151 BB/SO ratio.

High school scouting reports had Stock throwing 95 MPH back in 2006, with a solid change-up, so the move to the mound after a couple poor season at the plate in 2010-11 isn’t a total surprise. Stock is still just 25 years old, so he is worth taking a look at for the Pirates.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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