Agnos was a two-way player for three years at East Carolina and had his best year on both sides as a junior in 2022, hitting .330 as an infielder and posting a 2.31 ERA in 21 relief outings. The Rockies took the low-risk gamble of taking him in the tenth round of that summer’s Draft and have helped him develop as a pitcher-only since. He’s taken to it quite well, leading all Minor League pitchers with 27 saves while with Single-A Fresno during his first full season in 2023, then continuing to pitch very well in the back end of High-A Spokane’s bullpen and earning a late-June promotion to Double-A Hartford.
A 6-foot right-hander, Agnos now looks very much like a pitcher now, not a shortstop who happens to pitch. And he does so with feel for a four-pitch mix. His fastball sits around 94 mph and can touch a tick or two higher. He can miss bats with a mid-80s slider, and his changeup at around the same velocity has been effective as well, especially against left-handed hitters. He’s incorporated a hard, late cutter into his repertoire as well.
While none of his pitches jump off the page as plus, they play up because Agnos commands all of them well. His size and a little effort in his delivery mean he’s a bullpen guy only, but it’s looking more and more likely that he’s going to get to do that in the big leagues in the near future.
