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• Phillies' Jake Thompson: Signs minors deal with Philly

  06/13/2023 • By RotoWire

  Thompson signed a minor-league contract Tuesday with the Phillies, Matt Gelb of The Athletic reports. Thompson was cut loose from the Red Sox organization in May after struggling to a 5.40 ERA, 2.00 WHIP and 6:5 K:BB through 10 innings of relief this season at Triple-A Worcester. The 28-year-old right-hander will join up with the Phillies' Double-A affiliate in Reading.

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• Jake Thompson: Inks minors deal with Philly

  06/13/2023 • By RotoWire

  Thompson signed a minor-league contract Tuesday with the Phillies, Matt Gelb of The Athletic reports. This is a reunion of sorts, as Thompson spent parts of four seasons in the Phillies organization between 2015-2018. The 29-year-old right-hander was most recently working out of the rotation for Leones de Yucatan in the Mexican League. He'll head to Double-A Reading.

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• Angels' Jake Thompson: Gets chance with Halos

  01/22/2020 • By RotoWire

  Thompson agreed to a minor-league contract with the Angels earlier this month, Chris Hilburn-Trenkle of Baseball America reports. Thompson will join the Halos for spring training after an underwhelming 2019. He opened the past season with the Lotte Giants of the KBO League before being cut by the South Korean club and latching on with the Tigers on a minor-league deal. Thompson was at least able to end his campaign on a high note with an eight-inning, 13-strikeout performance for Double-A Erie on Aug. 30, so the Angels will presumably give him a look this spring and determine if he's a viable rotation option for their Pacific Coast or Southern League affiliates.

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• Tigers' Jake Thompson: Returns to affiliated ball

  07/25/2019 • By RotoWire

  Thompson signed a minor-league contract with the Tigers on Thursday and was assigned to High-A Lakeland. After transitioning to a full-time relief role last spring, Thompson failed to find much success at the Triple-A Toledo or major-league level across stints in the Phillies and Brewers organizations. Upon hitting free agency after the 2018 season, Thompson opted to head to the Korea Baseball Organization, where he posted a 4.74 ERA and 1.23 WHIP in 62.2 innings before being released in June. He'll now return stateside for work, joining the organization that originally selected him in the second round of the 2012 first-year player draft.

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• Jake Thompson: Finds work in Korea

  12/13/2018 • By RotoWire

  Thompson agreed to a one-year, $900,000 deal with the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization on Thursday, Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net reports. Thompson's transition to a full-time relief role last season didn't go as well as hoped, as he put up a 4.96 ERA and 1.53 WHIP over nine appearances for the Phillies before being designated for assignment in August. He latched on with the Brewers soon after but never appeared at the big-league level before he was dropped from their 40-man roster. Since Thompson wasn't likely to garner anything more than a minor-league deal had he remained stateside, he'll opt for greater financial security by going overseas in 2019. Still just 24 years old, Thompson has plenty of time left to resurface in the big leagues down the road.

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