The Diamondbacks have signed right-hander Stephen Nogosek to a minor league deal, reports Andrew Parker of Beyond the Monster. He will report to Triple-A Reno on Monday and his deal contains multiple opt-out opportunities.
Nogosek, 28, was designated for assignment by the Mets a week ago and cleared waivers. Since he had previously been outrighted in his career, he had the right to elect free agency. He exercised that right and headed to the open market, quickly landing with the Diamondbacks.
The righty had a solid showing last year, posting a 2.45 ERA in 22 innings. He wasn’t likely to sustain that going forward since he had a .258 batting average on balls in play and 80.4% strand rate, leading to a 4.66 FIP and 3.80 SIERA. Nonetheless, his 22.1% strikeout rate and 7.4% walk rate were each close to league average.
His results took a negative turn here in 2023, with his ERA jumping to 5.61 through 25 2/3 frames. That’s coincided with his walk rate climbing up to 11.9%. He had exhausted his option years, leaving the Mets little choice but to designate him for assignment in order to remove him from the active roster.
The Diamondbacks have had a middling bullpen this season, as their relievers have a collective 4.12 ERA that places them 17th out of the 30 clubs in the league. Nogosek can provide them with some non-roster depth that will be on hand in Reno for when they require a fresh arm. He’s out of options but just recently crossed the one-year service time mark, giving him plenty of future control if he can earn his way back into a roster spot.
He can be an arsonist for the D’backs now.
Good luck, hope he pitches well.
The Mets FO is clueless. Not saying this pitcher is good but he was their long man with SP that is only good for 4 or 5 IP. Lol Mets
Yeah who will they ever find to replace a long man with a 6 ERA.
If you extract his poor outings in Cincinnati and Colorado he wasn’t that bad.
“If you extract his poor outings in Cincinnati and Colorado he wasn’t that bad.”
Soooo, take out 3 of his 13 appearances and he “wasn’t that bad”? lol, he gave up a run in 9 of his 13 appearances. Please watch a game or two if you’re going to spend your entire life trolling the Mets.
Kudos to Nogosek he exercised his rights to flee the outhouse and landed in the penthouse with the 1st Place surging Dbacks. Lol Mets
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Check out what JD Davis did tonight in Giants 15 – 0 Win over Dodgers.
Lol Mets
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Meanwhile the Mets lost to the Bad News Cardinals yesterday and couldn’t be saved by Dan Vogelbach who just returned from his hiatus.
LOL
lmao if you think Nogosek didn’t deserve to be released, you’re the clueless one. Dude was awful. Maybe he’ll put it together with the DBacks, but he was terrible for the Mets this year.