Reds acquire Taylor Rogers – MLB trade rumors

The reds have acquired left -handed Taylor Rogers and cash considerations from Giants per Messages from both clubs. Less league right handles Braxton Roxby Leading the other way. The cash that goes to Cincinnati is reportedly $ 6 mm, half of Rogers’ salary this year. The red designated right -handed handles Owen White For allocation to open a 40-man place.

Rogers, 34, has been one of the better left rays in the league for a while now. When he goes back to 2016, he has thrown 490 2/3 laps, which allows 3.34 earned races per year. Nine. He has knocked out 28.2% of the strikers who were set, limited hiking to a clip of 7% and also kept balls in play on the ground at a rate of 46.3%.

He has occasionally been deployed as closer with a couple of seasons with 30-plus savings, but has mostly been a really good setup guy. He has 98 grips in his career. From 2016 to 2024, only ten pitchers received more stays. Héctor Neris is the only guy with both more savings and more people than Rogers in that time.

Southpaw has spent the last two years with Giants. He signed a three-year-old, $ 33 mm deal with the club that went into 2023. It was broken up in a salary of $ 9 mm in 2023, followed by $ 12 mm in the last two seasons. That signature allowed him to play on the same team as his brother, Righty Tyler Rogers.

As a huge, the left -handed Rogers continued to place good numbers in general. He had a 3.83 era in 2023 and fell to 2.40 last year. However, it is possible that the club saw some yellow flags under the hood last year. He average 93 miles per hour on his sinking, a career low and the third equal season where this number fell. He was at 95.7 mph in 2021, but then went to 94.3 and 93.6 in the next two years. His strike frequency has also fallen in steps and went from 35.7% to 30.7, 29.6 and 25.7% in the last four seasons.

He still managed a shiny era in 2024, but there may have been some luck there. His 81.8% Strengrate was well over 72.1% League average, perhaps why his 3.75 FIP and 3.47 Siera were both more than a race higher than his era. Giants placed him on exceptions in August last year, which means any club could have addressed him if they were willing to take on the rest of his contract, but no club did.

The adjusted numbers are still decent, so it is a sensible pickup for the reds. Their reliefs had a collective 4.09 era last year and placed them 18 out of the 30 clubs in majors. They lost Buck Farmer and Justin Wilson to free agency. They acted Fernando Cruz to yankees for catcher Jose Trevino.

Adding to this Bullpen has clearly been part of their plans. They have been associated with reliever Carlos Estévez Several times this season, but it has been unclear how much consumption capacity they have.

A few weeks ago, they signed a new TV deal with Main Street Sports that prompted president of baseball operations Nick Krall to say that the club might be able to direct some extra financing to build the schedule. In recent days they agree to sign Austin Hays to a $ 5 mm appointment and acquire Rogers as well as $ 6mm of his $ 12mm salary. They also agreed to a minor league agreement with Wade MileyIt is recovering from Tommy John Surgery, but would earn a $ 2.5mm basic salary if he eventually earns the club.

To bring in rogers in will hopefully upgrade the bullpen and give them a third left side next to Brent Suter and Sam Moll. Whether they still have funds available to go after Estévez or another free agent, are looking to see. Roster resource Estimates the club’s payroll for $ 110 mm, approx. $ 10 mm over last year. From this writing it does not include Rogers, so adding $ 6mm to him should push them up to a difference of $ 16mm.

For Giants, they have essentially cut the left -handed part of their bullp in half. Rogers and Erik Miller Were the only Southpaw relievers who threw more than one lap to the club last year, so they are now down to just Miller.

As mentioned, Rogers has been declining in terms of speed and strikes, so perhaps Giants expected these trends would continue and would just come out now. In the process, they have saved $ 6 mm, which could be redirected to another part of the schedule. Roster resource Calculates their competitive balance tax number for $ 211 mm, $ 30 mm under the base threshold of $ 241 mm. They paid the tax last year, but it is unclear whether they are planning to do it again in 2025. They have been associated with remarkable free agents such as Pete Alonso and Jack Flaherty This winter, so maybe the savings could help them land one of these guys or another free agent for note.

Of course, they also add some young talent in the form of Roxby. 26 In March, Roxby was signed by Reds as an unveiled free agent in 2020. Due to the pandemic, that year contained a truncated draft of only five rounds.

Exclusively a reliever in his career so far, Roxby has thrown 169 2/3 laps on several levels in the last four years with a 4.30 ERA. His gait of 10.4% is a bit tall, but his 30.6% strike frequency quite strong. Back in April, Eric Longgenhagen from Fangraphs Ranked him as the #38 views in the Cincinnati system and noticed that he is a side -armoring with two fracture balls. Geoff Pontes and JJ Cooper from Baseball America Roxby highlighted before the 2023 rule 5 draft, but he was not elected that year or in 2024.

Robert Murray from Fansided first reported Rogers-RoXBY-SWAP. Mark Sheldon from mlb.com First reported $ 6 mm on the way to the reds.