Jackson Tanner Stephens (born May 11, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the 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).
Who is Brittani Stephens?
Jackson Stephens is married to Brittani Stephens. Brittani Stephens is a neonatal intensive care unit nurse at a Birmingham hospital. She watched her husband train during 2020 and the following winter, hoping for a call. She knew how much it meant to him, and that if he quit at 26, he’d regret it. “My wife actually made me go down there to Mexico,” he said.