The Minnesota Twins are signing free agent left-handed reliever Taylor Rogers to a one-year, $2 million contract, according to multiple reports on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Rogers is \u200dreuniting with the Twins, who selected him in the 11th round of the 2012 MLB Draft out of the University of Kentucky.<\/p>\n
He made his major league debut with the Twins in 2016 and was an All-Star in his last \u200cseason in Minnesota in 2021 before being \u200ctraded to the San Diego Padres in April 2022. Rogers was 17-18 with 50 saves, a 3.15 ERA, 76 walks and 361 strikeouts in 314 2\/3 innings over 319 games \u200bin relief for the Twins.<\/p>\n
Rogers pitched for two teams while technically with three ballclubs during the 2025 \u200dseason. He was 2-2 with \u200ba 2.45 ERA, 19 walks and 34 \u200bstrikeouts in 33 innings over 40 relief appearances for the \u200dCincinnati Reds, who sent him to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a package for Ke\u2019Bryan Hayes on July 30.<\/p>\n
The next day at the trade deadline, the Pirates traded him to the Chicago Cubs for minor \u200dleague outfielder Ivan Brethowr. Rogers went 1-0 with a 5.09 ERA, four walks and 19 strikeouts in 17 2\/3 innings \u200dacross 17 \u200drelief appearances for the Cubs.<\/p>\n
For his career, \u200bRogers is 31-36 with 83 saves, a \u200b3.34 \u2060ERA, 165 walks and 626 strikeouts in \u200c541 1\/3 innings over 566 games (zero starts) for the Twins (2016-21), Padres (2022), Milwaukee Brewers (2022), San Francisco Giants (2023-24), Reds and Cubs.<\/p>\n
Rogers is the twin brother of right-hander Tyler Rogers, who signed as a free agent with the Toronto Blue Jays in \u2060December.<\/p>\n
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