The Orioles announced today that they will select the contract of lefty Josh Rogers, as Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com tweeted earlier. Righty Cody Carroll was optioned to create space on the active roster.
Rogers, 24, will make his MLB debut tomorrow. It has been just over a month since he was acquired (along with Carroll and Dillon Tate) in the swap that sent Zach Britton to the Yankees.
While he was the least-hyped piece of that swap, Rogers has been stingy during his time at Triple-A Norfolk. He’s carrying a 2.08 ERA through 30 1/3 innings, though he has managed only 5.3 K/9 to go with 2.1 BB/9 and a 41.7% groundball rate. An 11th-round pick in the 2015 draft out of Louisville, Rogers has generally turned in good results while climbing the ladder.
Hopefully he does well! Start of a new era.
Could be an interesting rotation piece—very different look than many others.
Zach Britton trade already bearing fruit. Wish you O’s fans, nothing but success. Dillon Tate was the center-piece, but Josh Rogers‘ promotion is icing on the cake.
Carroll was terrible tho
He is a very solid player, I was a little saddened to hear that we had to include him to get Britton
Well, that he’s terrible out of the gates doesn’t say much. Stuff is good but needs plenty of refinement.
Yes it is.
Villar (via Brewers) also lookin good.