Joe Vogatsky Stats & Scouting Report

Full name Joseph Patrick Vogatsky
Born 12/27/2001 in Fairfax, VA
Profile Ht.: 6'0" / Wt.: 215 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School James Madison
Drafted in the 19th round (564th overall) by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2024 (signed for $25,000).

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The Blue Jays drafted Vogatsky in the 14th round of the 2023 draft, but he opted to return to James Madison for his senior season in 2024. A 6-foot, 215-pound righthander, Vogatsky has developed into a reliable reliever in college and this spring posted a 3.49 ERA over 49 innings with a 22% strikeout rate and 10.6% walk rate. He has a reliever delivery with effort and a sidearm slot that creates some deception on all of his pitches and mostly works with a fastball/slider combo. The fastball averaged 93 mph this spring and will touch 96-97 at peak and his low-80s slider has solid pure spin rates and modest break. Vogatsky also generated some decent miss rates with a slower curveball in the upper 70s and will mix in a mid-80s changeup.

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The Blue Jays drafted Vogatsky in the 14th round of the 2023 draft, but he opted to return to James Madison for his senior season in 2024. A 6-foot, 215-pound righthander, Vogatsky has developed into a reliable reliever in college and this spring posted a 3.49 ERA over 49 innings with a 22% strikeout rate and 10.6% walk rate. He has a reliever delivery with effort and a sidearm slot that creates some deception on all of his pitches and mostly works with a fastball/slider combo. The fastball averaged 93 mph this spring and will touch 96-97 at peak and his low-80s slider has solid pure spin rates and modest break. Vogatsky also generated some decent miss rates with a slower curveball in the upper 70s and will mix in a mid-80s changeup.