He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Rogers puts 39.4% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 49.7% of his pitches to left-handers.
464 pitches to right-handed hitters, 145 to left-handed hitters.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .365 expected average against them, against .228 on his breaking balls.
150 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Rogers's sinker moves 18.0 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
70 thrown, averaging 92.6 mph.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Rogers's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.9 mph, against 78.5 off his sweeper.
250 and 64 of them thrown.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Rogers throws a fastball 73.3% of the time, against 51.5% when he is ahead.
150 pitches behind in the count, 200 ahead.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Rogers throws 36.5% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 43.8% with the bases empty.
159 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 450 with the bases empty.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Rogers's 4-seam fastball carries 15.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
250 thrown, averaging 92.7 mph.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Rogers releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 33 degrees above horizontal and 1.8 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
609 tracked release points, averaging 5.7 feet off the ground.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Rogers lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.17 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
609 located pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
14.9 mph separates Rogers's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 92.7 against 77.8.
250 and 64 of them respectively.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Rogers goes to the sweeper: 18.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 6.8% the rest of the time.
196 two-strike pitches in 2026.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Rogers's fastball averages 91.0 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 89.6 past his 75th.
117 early fastballs, 68 late ones.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Rogers throws a strike on the first pitch 67.7% of the time.
155 plate appearances started in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Rogers throws the sinker 28.3% of the time against left-handers and 6.2% against right-handers.
464 pitches to right-handers, 145 to left-handers.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Rogers averages 88.3 mph across his arsenal, 29th percentile in the league.
609 pitches in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 380th in MLB.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Rogers's stuff spins at 2,121 rpm, 23rd percentile in the league.
609 pitches in 2026. 23rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 412th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 33.9% of the contact Rogers gives up is hit hard, 75th percentile.
609 pitches in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 136th in MLB.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Rogers lands 46.3% of his fastballs in the zone and only 33.3% of his offspeed pitches.
395 of his fastballs, 150 of his offspeed pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Rogers works with 5 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup, Cutter and Sinker, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 41.1% of everything he throws.
609 classified pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Rogers puts 55.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41% when he is ahead.
150 located pitches behind, 200 ahead.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Rogers works off the plate, with only 41.9% of his pitches in the zone, 38th percentile.
609 pitches in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 336th in MLB.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.4% of Rogers's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
112 of 609 located pitches.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Rogers releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
439 tracked pitches in 2026.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Rogers's 4-seam fastball averages 92.7 mph, and has touched 96.6.
250 thrown, 41.1% of his pitches.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Rogers's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,447 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
250 thrown in 2026.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Rogers puts 39.4% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 49.7% of his pitches to left-handers.
464 pitches to right-handed hitters, 145 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .365 expected average against them, against .228 on his breaking balls.
150 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Rogers lands 46.3% of his fastballs in the zone and only 33.3% of his offspeed pitches.
395 of his fastballs, 150 of his offspeed pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Rogers's sinker moves 18.0 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
70 thrown, averaging 92.6 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Rogers's 4-seam fastball carries 15.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
250 thrown, averaging 92.7 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Rogers's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.9 mph, against 78.5 off his sweeper.
250 and 64 of them thrown.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
14.9 mph separates Rogers's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 92.7 against 77.8.
250 and 64 of them respectively.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Rogers throws the sinker 28.3% of the time against left-handers and 6.2% against right-handers.
464 pitches to right-handers, 145 to left-handers.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Rogers works with 5 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup, Cutter and Sinker, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 41.1% of everything he throws.
609 classified pitches in 2026.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Rogers's 4-seam fastball averages 92.7 mph, and has touched 96.6.
250 thrown, 41.1% of his pitches.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Rogers's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,447 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
250 thrown in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Rogers throws a fastball 73.3% of the time, against 51.5% when he is ahead.
150 pitches behind in the count, 200 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Rogers goes to the sweeper: 18.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 6.8% the rest of the time.
196 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Rogers throws a strike on the first pitch 67.7% of the time.
155 plate appearances started in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Rogers puts 55.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41% when he is ahead.
150 located pitches behind, 200 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Rogers throws 36.5% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 43.8% with the bases empty.
159 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 450 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Rogers releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 33 degrees above horizontal and 1.8 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
609 tracked release points, averaging 5.7 feet off the ground.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Rogers's fastball averages 91.0 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 89.6 past his 75th.
117 early fastballs, 68 late ones.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Rogers releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
439 tracked pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Rogers lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.17 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
609 located pitches in 2026.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.4% of Rogers's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
112 of 609 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Rogers averages 88.3 mph across his arsenal, 29th percentile in the league.
609 pitches in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 380th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Rogers's stuff spins at 2,121 rpm, 23rd percentile in the league.
609 pitches in 2026. 23rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 412th in MLB.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 33.9% of the contact Rogers gives up is hit hard, 75th percentile.
609 pitches in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 136th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Rogers works off the plate, with only 41.9% of his pitches in the zone, 38th percentile.
609 pitches in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 336th in MLB.
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