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Rogers

Rogers has given up multiple runs in back-to-back starts, and while that’s obviously just fine when we’re talking about two runs over six innings both times, it’s something that never happened last year, when Smith allowed one run or fewer in 13 of his 18 outings. Both runs today came in the third, as the White Sox put together three straight hits with two outs, none of them leaving the bat at over 90 mph. Rogers exited the game in line for a loss, but the Orioles let him off the hook in the eighth, leaving him 2-0 with a 1.89 ERA ahead of his next start Sunday against the Giants or Monday versus the Diamondbacks.

He allowed six hits, walked one and struck out three. Rogers isn’t known as a groundball pitcher, but he’s done better there than usual in both of his starts thus far, allowing him to make up for a modest 8/5 K/BB through 13 innings. He’ll get the White Sox next.

Rogers walked four, hit a batter and had the leadoff hitter on against him in five of the seven innings (once because of a Tyler O’Neill error), but the Twins just never capitalized. All three hits he gave up were singles, and he got three double play balls while also striking out five. Rogers’ modest strikeout rate is reason to think he won’t be able to approach his 2025 numbers this season, but he’s had a remarkable knack for stranding runners since returning from the minors last year. He’ll take on the Rangers next.

Rogers allowed seven hits on the evening and didn’t walk a batter. The 28-year-old southpaw navigated the first four innings without any issue, but the Pirates strung together two singles, a ground out and another single to push a pair of runs across in the fifth inning. Rogers got 11 swings and misses on 82 pitches on the night — six of those on his slider — while posting a CSW of 30 percent. He finishes the spring with a stellar 2.51 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and a 16/1 K/BB ratio across 14 1/3 innings. His next assignment will come on Opening Day against the Twins.

Rogers recorded three strikeouts, issued one walk and threw 61 pitches (41 strikes) in his first spring outing since being named Baltimore’s Opening Day starter. The 28-year-old southpaw revived his career last season with a stellar 1.81 ERA (3.40 xERA), 0.90 WHIP and 103/29 K/BB ratio across 109 2/3 innings over 18 starts. There are a wide range of opinions regarding where he should be selected in fantasy drafts this spring, but he makes sense as a top 35-40 range starting pitcher, which puts him squarely in SP3 territory.

The 28-year-old southpaw is certainly deserving of the honor after posting a scintillating 1.81 ERA, 0.90 WHIP and a 103/29 K/BB ratio over 109 2/3 innings in his 18 starts with the O’s. It’s a nice matchup for him as well as the Twins’ lineup is loaded with left-handed hitters.

Rogers gave up homers to Ceddanne Rafela and Ray-Patrick Didder on a tough day against a lineup loaded with right-handers. His velocity was fine today, and he’d opened the spring with five scoreless innings coming into this one. But, obviously, he wasn’t facing Ray-Patrick Didder in those games.

Rogers looks ready to continue where he left off last season. The left-hander pounded the zone with his four-seamer at 92.6 mph and induced whiffs on 29 percent of the swings against him. Even if Rogers regresses from the 1.81 ERA he had in 109 2/3 innings last year, he looks set for another strong season.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. soft single produced the only baserunner against Rogers. The lefty’s velocity is already right where it was in 2025, and the only question he’s facing this spring is whether it will be or Kyle Bradish who gets named Baltimore’s Opening Day starter.

Rogers came out of nowhere in 2025 to post a 1.81 ERA and 103 strikeouts over 109 2/3 innings with the Orioles. Even if he will undoubtedly regress from there, he should be counted on for solid production in the Baltimore rotation next year. They’ll need him to because, as of now, he and Kyle Bradish are the team’s top two starting pitchers heading into 2026.