BIOGRAPHY
Tyler Rodgers was born on December 17, 1990, in Littleton, Colorado. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Rogers attended Chatfield Senior High School in Littleton, Colorado.
Undrafted out of high school, Rogers attended Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas.There, in his sophomore year he was 6–3 with a 2.39 ERA in 34 games with 50 strikeouts in 49 innings. He was a second-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference selection.
After two seasons, Rogers transferred to Austin Peay State University where he played college baseball for the Governors. There, as a junior transfer in 2012 he was 4–4 with a 2.25 era and had 52 strikeouts in 59.2 innings, while making an Ohio Valley Conference record-tying 38 appearances and saving 10 games.
Rogers was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 10th round, with the 312th overall selection, of the 2013 MLB draft.
Rogers split his debut season between the Arizona League Giants and the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, going a combined 1–1 with a 2.30 ERA in 27 innings.
In the 2021 regular season, Rogers was 7-1 with 13 saves and a 2.22 ERA. He led the National League, for the second year in a row, with 80 games pitched, and pitched 81 innings in which he averaged 1.4 walks per 9 innings. In 2021, his fastball was on average the slowest in major league baseball, at 83.0 mph, as was his sinker, at 82.8 mph, and his slider, at 71.9 mph.
In 2022 with the Giants, Rogers was 3-4 with a 3.57 ERA. He pitched in 68 games (6th in the NL), in which he pitched 75.2 innings.
On January 13, 2023, Rogers agreed to a one-year, $1.675 million contract with the Giants, avoiding salary arbitration.