Josh Rogers


Joshua Cole Rogers is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He has played in Major League Baseball for Baltimore.

Career

Rogers attended New Albany High School in New Albany, Indiana and played college baseball at the University of Louisville. In 2014 and 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

New York Yankees

He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 11th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.
Rogers made his professional debut with the Staten Island Yankees and was promoted to the Charleston RiverDogs after three games. In 13.1 innings pitched between both teams, he posted a 4.05 ERA. He pitched 2016 with Charleston and the Tampa Yankees, posting a combined 12-6 record and 2.38 ERA in 24 games started between the two clubs, and 2017 with both Tampa and the Trenton Thunder, pitching to a combined 8-5 record and 3.24 ERA between both teams. He began 2018 with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League.

Baltimore Orioles

On July 24, 2018, the Yankees traded Rogers, Dillon Tate, and Cody Carroll to the Baltimore Orioles for Zach Britton. The Orioles assigned him to the Norfolk Tides of the Class AAA International League. In 24 starts between Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Norfolk, he was 8-9 with a 3.54 ERA.
Baltimore promoted Rogers to the major leagues on August 28, 2018, and he made his major league debut that same night. He made three starts for the Orioles, going 1-2 with an 8.49 ERA. He was outrighted off the Orioles roster on October 30, 2019.