Tyler Rogers (baseball)


Tyler Scott Rogers is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. Rogers was drafted by the Giants in the 10th round of the 2013 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2019.

Amateur career

Rogers attended Chatfield Senior High School in Littleton, Colorado. Undrafted out of high school, Rogers attended Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas. There, in his sophomore year he was 6-3 with a 2.39 ERA in 34 games with 50 strikeouts in 49 innings, and was a second-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference selection.
After two seasons, Rogers transferred to Austin Peay State University where he played college baseball for the Governors. There, as a junior transfer in 2012 he was 4-4 with a 2.25 era and had 52 strikeouts in 59.2 innings, while making an Ohio Valley Conference record-tying 38 appearances and saving 10 games. Rogers was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 10th round, with the 312th overall selection, of the 2013 MLB draft, and signed for a signing bonus of $7,500.

Professional career

San Francisco Giants

Rogers split his debut season between the Arizona League Giants and the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, going a combined 1–1 with a 2.30 ERA in 27 innings. He split the 2014 season between the Augusta GreenJackets and the San Jose Giants, pitching to a 4–0 record with a 1.81 ERA in innings. Rogers split the 2015 season between San Jose and the Richmond Flying Squirrels, going 5–2 with a 2.00 ERA in innings. He split the 2016 season between Richmond and the Sacramento River Cats, going 2–2 with a 3.27 ERA in 66 innings.
He spent the 2017 season with Sacramento, going 4–4 with 2.37 ERA in 76 innings. He returned to Sacramento for the 2018 season, going 3–2 with a 2.13 ERA in innings. Rogers returned to Sacramento in 2019 season, going 4–2 with a 4.21 ERA and 55 strikeouts over 62 innings for them.
On August 27, 2019, the Giants selected Rogers' contract and promoted him to the major leagues. He made his debut that night versus the Arizona Diamondbacks, pitching a scoreless inning in relief. Rogers finished the 2019 season going 2–0 with a 1.02 ERA and 16 strikeouts over innings for the Giants. In 2019, his four-seam fastball was on average the slowest in major league baseball, at 83.1 mph, as was his sinker, at 82.2 mph.

Personal life

Rogers' identical mirror image twin brother, Taylor, is a pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. The brothers became the 10th set of twins to play in MLB.