The Blue Jays’ frantic offseason continued on Friday night, as they agreed to a three-year, $37 million deal with right-hander Tyler Rogers, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. The club hasn’t confirmed the contract, which includes a vesting option that can bring the total value up to $48 million.
Rogers, as the only true submariner to appear in the Majors in 2025, was among the most interesting relievers on the market this winter.
After spending his entire seven-year MLB career with the Giants, Rogers was traded to the Mets at the 2025 Deadline in exchange for José Buttó, Drew Gilbert and Blade Tidwell. The change of scenery didn’t do much to disrupt what would end up being his best season to date, as he made a career-high (and MLB-leading) 81 appearances while posting a 1.98 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and a 203 ERA+, all personal bests (min. 20 IP).
Likely owing in part to his unique arm angle — minus-61° on average in 2025, well clear of the pack; the next lowest was Hoby Milner at minus-6°– Rogers has yet to spend a day on the Major League injured list. He’s also historically been able to handle much more frequent usage than most, as he leads all of baseball in total pitching appearances since 2020 (403), 30 more than any other pitcher.
A sinker-slider guy who pitches entirely to contact, Rogers ranked in the 100th percentile among qualifying pitchers in barrel rate (2.1%) and walk rate (2.3%) in 2025. His sinker, which he threw 74.5% of the time in 2025, was the second-most valuable in MLB by Statcast’s run value metric (18) behind Cy Young finalist Cristopher Sánchez’s sinker (19).
Rogers, who will turn 35 on Dec. 17, is additionally a member of an ultra-specific and exclusive fraternity, as he and his brother, Taylor — also a free agent this offseason — are one of 10 sets of twins to both play in the Majors, and they became one of four sets to play together at the Major League level during their shared 2023-24 seasons in San Francisco.
