Tyler Rogers Bio
Tyler Scott Rogers, born December 17, 1990, in Denver, Colorado, is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets. Rogers is recognized across the sport for his unconventional submarine-style pitching, an extreme sidearm motion in which the ball is released below knee level, with a release point measured at 1.33 feet, the lowest in MLB.
Across his career, Rogers has built a reputation as one of the most reliable relief pitchers in the majors, leading the National League in games pitched multiple seasons and topping all of MLB in appearances during the 2025 campaign. His unusual delivery has consistently produced weak contact from opposing hitters, helping him rank among league leaders in low barrel rates and walk rates.
Early Life and Background
Tyler Scott Rogers was born on December 17, 1990, in Denver, Colorado, and raised in nearby Littleton. He attended Chatfield Senior High School, graduating in 2009. Growing up in the Denver area gave him early access to baseball, and he developed his love for the game through local youth and school competition before pursuing it at the next level.
Rogers has a mirror-image twin brother, Taylor, who is 30 seconds older and is also a professional pitcher in Major League Baseball. The brothers grew up playing the sport together, and their shared baseball journey would later carry them both to the highest level of the game.
Path to Baseball
After high school, Rogers initially attended Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas, where he played college baseball for the Garden City Broncbusters from 2010 to 2011. During his sophomore season in 2011, he posted a 6–3 win–loss record, a 2.39 earned run average, and 50 strikeouts in 49.0 innings pitched across 34 games. That performance earned him a second-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference selection.
Following two seasons at Garden City, Rogers transferred to Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, to play for the Austin Peay Governors from 2012 to 2013. In his junior year of 2012, he posted a 4–4 record, a 2.25 ERA, and 52 strikeouts in 59 2/3 innings pitched, while tying an Ohio Valley Conference record with 38 appearances and recording 10 saves. The San Francisco Giants selected him 312th overall in the 10th round of the 2013 MLB draft, and he signed for a $7,500 bonus, beginning his professional path.
Tyler Rogers Career
Early Career (2013–2018)
Rogers spent his first six professional seasons working his way through the Giants’ minor league system, refining his submarine delivery and establishing himself as a reliable late-inning arm. He split 2013 between the Arizona League Giants and Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, then moved through Augusta, San Jose, Richmond, and Sacramento over the next several years, posting consistently strong earned run averages while striking out batters at impressive rates for a sidearm pitcher.
During the 2016 off-season, he played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League and was named an AFL Rising Star, and in both 2017 and 2018 he was recognized as a Pacific Coast League mid-season All-Star. By 2019, he had positioned himself as a leading candidate for a major league bullpen role with the Giants.
San Francisco Giants Breakthrough (2019–2025)
On August 27, 2019, the Giants selected Rogers’ contract and promoted him to the major leagues. He made his debut that night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, pitching a scoreless inning in relief, and finished his rookie season 2–0 with a 1.02 ERA and 16 strikeouts over 17 2/3 innings. In 2019, his four-seam fastball was on average the slowest in the majors, at 83.1 mph, as was his sinker at 82.2 mph, and he led the National League in games pitched during the 2020, 2021, and 2024 seasons.
In 2021, Rogers went 7–1 with 13 saves, 30 holds, and a 2.22 ERA while leading the National League with 80 games pitched. He was a key part of the Giants’ 107-win division title that season. In 2023, he agreed to a one-year, $1.675 million contract to avoid salary arbitration, joining his twin brother Taylor on the roster, and on January 11, 2024, he signed a $3.2 million contract to avoid arbitration again. In 2024, he played 77 games, posting a 3–4 record, a 2.82 ERA, and 51 strikeouts in 70 1/3 innings.
New York Mets (2025)
On July 30, 2025, the Giants traded Rogers to the New York Mets for Blade Tidwell, Drew Gilbert, and José Buttó. He played the remainder of the 2025 season with the Mets, posting a 0–3 record, a 2.30 ERA, and 10 strikeouts in 27 1/3 innings pitched across 28 relief appearances. He finished the year 4–6 with a 1.98 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 77 1/3 innings across 81 relief appearances, leading all of Major League Baseball with 81 games pitched. His 2.1 percent barrel rate and 2.3 percent walk rate were both the lowest in MLB that season. After the 2025 season, Rogers became a free agent.
Toronto Blue Jays (2026–Present)
On December 15, 2025, Rogers signed a three-year, $37 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. The deal includes a vesting option for a fourth season, and the contract runs through 2028. He joined a Blue Jays bullpen looking to add a high-volume, late-inning reliever capable of inducing soft contact.
Driving Style and Strengths
Rogers wins almost entirely through weak contact rather than swing-and-miss stuff, using his submarine arm slot to attack hitters from a release point none of his peers can match. His sinker sits in the low 80s mph, his slider near 72 mph, and his four-seam fastball at 83 mph, making his velocity among the slowest in MLB every year, yet opponents consistently struggle to square him up. Year after year, he has ranked at the top of the league in low barrel rate, low exit velocity, and low walk rate, making him one of the most efficient ground-ball relievers of his generation.
Notable Events and Milestones
On August 27, 2019, Tyler and his twin brother Taylor became the tenth set of twins to play in MLB. On April 11, 2022, they became the fifth set of twins to play in the same MLB game, with Tyler pitching for the Giants and Taylor for the San Diego Padres, and the first twin pair ever to oppose each other as pitchers in a major league game.
Tyler Rogers Career Wins
Tyler Rogers has established himself as one of the most durable and effective relief pitchers in Major League Baseball, leading the National League in games pitched four times and topping all of MLB in appearances during the 2025 season. While wins are not the primary statistic that defines a submariner’s value, his career has been marked by consistent late-inning work and long track records of holds and saves.
Major League Highlights
Across his major league career with the San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, and Toronto Blue Jays, Rogers has filled multiple high-leverage roles, including setup man and closer. He recorded 13 saves in 2021 and posted single-season highs of 30 holds the same year, and he has surpassed 70 appearances in multiple seasons, including 81 games in 2025 when he led all of MLB. His performance has been defined more by his ability to limit damage than by accumulating traditional wins.
Other Performances
In the minor leagues, Rogers was a Pacific Coast League mid-season All-Star in both 2017 and 2018, an Arizona Fall League Rising Star in 2016, and a second-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference pick in 2011.
Tyler Rogers Family
Family Background and Racing Lineage
Rogers comes from a close-knit family rooted in the Denver, Colorado area, where he and his mirror-image twin brother Taylor grew up together.
Personal Life
His twin brother, Taylor Rogers, is also a Major League Baseball pitcher, and on August 27, 2019, they became the tenth set of twins to play in MLB, with Tyler debuting for the Giants while Taylor was pitching for the Minnesota Twins. The brothers later made additional history together in 2022 when they became the first twin pitchers to oppose each other in an MLB game.
2025 Season Performance
The 2025 season was one of the most demanding and rewarding of Rogers’ career, beginning with the San Francisco Giants and ending with the New York Mets after a July trade. Splitting the year between the two clubs, he appeared in 81 games overall, the most in all of Major League Baseball, finishing 4–6 with a 1.98 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 77 1/3 innings.
With the Giants before the trade, he posted a 4–3 record, a 1.80 ERA, and 38 strikeouts in 50 innings across 53 games, continuing to generate ground balls and weak contact at one of the highest rates in the league. After joining the Mets on July 30, 2025, he went 0–3 with a 2.30 ERA in 28 relief appearances, serving as a dependable middle and late-inning bridge to the team’s closer.
His 2.1 percent barrel rate and 2.3 percent walk rate led all of MLB in 2025, reinforcing his identity as a high-contact-suppressing submariner. With free agency secured at year’s end, Rogers signed a three-year, $37 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on December 15, 2025, setting up a long-term late-inning role in the American League East beginning in 2026.