Taylor RogersMIN · RP

2026 review

Taylor Rogers was a middle reliever whose whiff rate lagged even as his contact management held up: 6 W, 4 L, 2 SV, 9 HLD, a 4.33 ERA and 1.59 WHIP in 60.1 IP over 65 games for MIN, with a 19.6 K% and an 11.2 BB% over 276 BF. His 7.3 SwStr% over 1076 pitches was the 26th lowest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF, while his 26.9 Hard% over 186 BBE was the 41st lowest of that pool. Signed as a free agent Jan 23, drafted at NFBC ADP rank 395, he finished 897th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, 502 spots below, and 443rd of 575 relievers. Opposing left-handed batters hit .268/.355/.341 over 142 PA against him while right-handed batters hit .283/.383/.469 over 135 PA. His sinker ticked up from 91.7 mph Mar-Jun (201 pitches) to 92.5 mph Jul-Sep (191 pitches). The TDK LABS card followed him from an elite ratio profile shelved for illness in early May to, by Sep, a matchup-first arm with zero save equity and best-case holds, then a fluid-pen lefty, and finally by late Sep a reliever cleared from back-to-back usage without an improved leverage profile.