Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jake Rogers was born April 18, 1995, in Canyon, Texas. He is a catcher in the MLB.

Rogers signed and made his professional debut with the Tri-City ValleyCats and after batting .253 with two home runs and 12 RBIs in 25 games was later promoted to the Quad Cities River Bandits where he finished the season, batting .208 in 21 games. He started the 2017 season with Quad Cities where he posted a .255 batting average with six home runs and 15 RBIs and was promoted to the Buies Creek Astros where he greatly improved, posting a .265 average with a career-high 12 home runs and 55 RBIs in 83 games.

On July 30, 2019, the Tigers selected Rogers' contract and promoted him to the major leagues. He had been hitting .250 between AA and AAA with 14 home runs and 52 RBI, while throwing out 25 of 48 base stealers (52.1%). Rogers played that night and got his first major league hit in the 7th inning, an RBI single off Taylor Cole of the Los Angeles Angels. In the next game on July 31, Rogers hit his first major league home run off the Angels' José Suárez.