Stephen Gonsalves


Stephen William Gonsalves is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox organization of Major League Baseball. He has played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins.

Career

Gonsalves attended Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, California. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the fourth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. He was expected to be selected earlier in the draft, but was suspended from his senior season for nearly a month after lying to his dean to cover for his roommate smoking marijuana. Gonsalves had committed to play college baseball for San Diego.

Minnesota Twins

Gonsalves signed with the Twins and made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Twins. He was later promoted to the Elizabethton Twins. He posted a combined 2–1 win–loss record with a 0.95 earned run average in eight games between both clubs. In 2014, he pitched for Elizabeton and the Cedar Rapids Kernels where he went 4–3 with a 3.02 ERA in 14 games between both teams. He spent 2015 with Cedar Rapids and the Fort Myers Miracle, where he pitched to a combined 13–3 record with a 2.01 ERA in 24 games.
Pitching for the High-A Fort Myers Miracle and Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts in 2016, Gonsalves was named the Twins Minor league Pitcher of the Year in 2016 after posting a 13–5 record, 2.06 ERA, and 155 strikeouts over his 140 innings in 24 starts. After the season he played in the Arizona Fall League but only appeared in 4 games due to a shoulder strain.
The same injury caused him to miss the start of the 2017 season. He returned to pitch for the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts and the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings where he went 9–5 with a 3.27 ERA in 20 games. The Twins added him to their 40-man roster after the season. Gonsalves began the 2018 season with Rochester and made his major league debut on August 20, 2018. He lasted for 1.1 innings gave up 6 hits, 4 runs, 2 walks, he also had 3 strikeouts, and ended that game with an ERA of 27.00. He finished the season winning 2 games and losing 2. He played in 7 games and had an ERA of 6.57.
Gonsalves was slated to begin the 2019 season pitching for Triple-A Rochester but was placed on the injured list with an arm injury before the season began. After one start, he was returned to the injured list on May 25, 2019. Gonsalves began a rehab assignment in the Gulf Coast League on August 10, 2019.

New York Mets

On November 4, 2019, Gonsalves was claimed off waivers by the New York Mets. He was designated for assignment on July 23, 2020.

Boston Red Sox

Gonsalves was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox on July 25, 2020.