Jackson Stephens (baseball)
American professional baseball pitcher
Jackson Tanner Stephens (born May 11, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves. He was drafted by the Reds in the 18th round of the 2012 MLB draft and made his MLB debut with them in 2017.
Career
Cincinnati Reds
Stephens attended Oxford High School in Oxford, Alabama and was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 18th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Reds, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of Alabama, and made his professional debut that same season with the Arizona League Reds, going 1–1 with a 4.64 ERA in twenty relief appearances. In 2013, he played for the Dayton Dragons where he pitched to a 3–7 record and 4.59 ERA in 14 games (six starts) and in 2014, he returned to Daytona, going 2–7 with a 4.81 ERA in 14 games started. Stephens spent 2015 with the Daytona Tortugas where he compiled a 12–7 record and a career best 2.97 ERA in 26 starts, and he spent 2016 with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos where he went 8–11 with a 3.33 ERA in 27 games (26 starts).
The Reds added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season. He began 2017 with the Louisville Bats.
Stephens was initially called up by the Reds at the end of May 2017 as an emergency relief pitcher but did not make an appearance.
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