Baltimore Orioles: A Look at the 3 Players from the Zach Britton Trade
By Ben Palmer
Josh Rogers – LHP
We’ll start with Josh Rogers mostly because he seems to be the least valuable part of the deal. Rogers was drafted in the 11th round of the 2015 draft by the Yankees.
Since then he’s been fairly average. He had himself quite a year in 2016, starting 24 games and pitching 136.1 innings with a 2.38 ERA and a 7.60 K/9 between High-A and Double-A, showing that he does have some potential.
That being said, so far this year in Triple-A, Rogers has been less than impressive, pitching to a 3.95 ERA with a 6.83 K/9 over 19 starts and 109.1 innings.
As for his repertoire, Rogers has a fastball with some fairly average velocity, though the movement on the pitch and his command of the pitch make it relatively effective. He’s also got an above-average slider that works as a putaway pitch and a decent changeup.
Overall, Rogers looks like he could be a consistent backend starter, though more likely he’ll end up being the latest feature on the train back and forth between Norfolk and Baltimore.