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Francis demoted to AAA, Stephens joins Brewers
Brewers management felt that reliever Jaden Francis perhaps needed a bit of chance to re-fresh his approach and gain a bit of his confidence back and therefore sent him down to AAA Chester to try to get his mojo back.
In his place they brought up Jordan Stephens, who also potentially gives them another power bat off the bench and someone who can spell Jamison Bash at third base.
(So this is one of those decisions I've referred to that make more sense in the fictional context than in the game. Francis has a very small sample size this season- just 14 innings pitched- and his BABIP is extremely high indicating he has probably had some back luck. He has given up 4 HR's in those innings, which is of concern, but given his overall ratings he is likely a better option on the Brewers squad then Stephens at this point. Well, as a pitcher anyway, not factoring in Stephens potential value as a hitter. But Stephens was very unhappy at AAA, Francis is struggling mightily, and the team is playing very flat, so this all seemed to make sense in the context of this reality.)
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