Some pitching prospects begin as starters and get moved to the bullpen as professionals. Nogosek was a reliever for three years at Oregon, and a good one who saved 16 games as a junior before getting nabbed in the sixth round of the 2016 Draft by the Red Sox. He had pitched across two levels of A ball in his first full season when he was sent with Jamie Callahan to the Mets at the 2017 Trade Deadline for Addison Reed.
Nogosek has a deep repertoire, especially for a reliever, adding and subtracting to miss bats and generate weak contact. He'll throw both a two-seamer that sinks in the low 90s and a four-seam fastball that can touch the mid-90s. He throws both a slider and cutter, which might just be him changing speeds on his slider, very effectively and he'll mix in a fringy changeup from time to time as well. He tends to be around the strike zone, though his control does escape him from time to time.
While the right-hander was an effective closer in college, his stuff is likely short for him to handle that role at the highest level. If he can continue to throw enough strikes and miss bats as he reaches the upper levels, a future as a middle reliever awaits. Statcast - Pitching Season Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Launch Angle XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON Hard Hit % K % BB % 2019 141 26 3 11.5 89.5 12.6 .334 .563 .431 .381 .446 30.8 17.6 5.9 ALL 141 26 3 11.5 89.5 12.6 .334 .563 .431 .381 .446 30.8 17.6 5.9 MLB 40553 6.3 87.5 11.2 .251 .412 .317 .318 .371 34.5 21.7 8.3 Transactions Team Date Transaction 12/20/2019 New York Mets sent RHP Stephen Nogosek outright to Syracuse Mets. 12/16/2019 New York Mets designated Stephen Nogosek for assignment. 09/30/2019 New York Mets recalled RHP Stephen Nogosek from Syracuse Mets. 08/02/2019 New York Mets optioned RHP Stephen Nogosek to Syracuse Mets. 07/19/2019 New York Mets recalled Stephen Nogosek from Syracuse Mets. 07/02/2019 New York Mets optioned RHP Stephen Nogosek to Syracuse Mets. 06/18/2019 New York Mets selected the contract of Stephen Nogosek from Syracuse Mets. 05/24/2019 RHP Stephen Nogosek assigned to Syracuse Mets from Binghamton Rumble Ponies. 02/26/2019 RHP Stephen Nogosek assigned to New York Mets. 06/29/2018 RHP Stephen Nogosek assigned to Binghamton Rumble Ponies from St. Lucie Mets. 03/11/2018 RHP Stephen Nogosek assigned to New York Mets. 07/31/2017 New York Mets traded RHP Addison Reed to Boston Red Sox for RHP Gerson Bautista, RHP Jamie Callahan and RHP Stephen Nogosek. 07/31/2017 RHP Stephen Nogosek assigned to St. Lucie Mets. 06/22/2017 RHP Stephen Nogosek assigned to Salem Red Sox from Greenville Drive. 08/04/2016 RHP Stephen Nogosek assigned to Greenville Drive from Lowell Spinners. 06/20/2016 RHP Stephen Nogosek assigned to Lowell Spinners. 06/18/2016 Boston Red Sox signed RHP Stephen Nogosek.
