After putting together one of the best stretches on the mound in Baltimore Orioles history, Trevor Rogers is entering the 2026 season focusing on consistency rather than trying to hit last year’s numbers.
Rogers went 9-3 with a 1.81 ERA and 0.90 WHIP in 18 starts in 2025, striking out 103 batters in 109.2 innings. He approached this offseason with the mindset of improving small details while maintaining what already works.
The left-hander said he worked a lot on tightening up his breaking balls, cleaning up mechanical issues and strengthening his lower body.
“Don’t fix what isn’t broken, but fix the things that need fixing,” Rogers said on Glenn Clark Radio March 10. “There’s always room for improvement, ways to get better.”
Those adjustments are coming after a huge season for Rogers in which he reestablished himself as a major league starter. The Orioles announced on March 13 that Rogers will be the team’s Opening Day starter this season.
“It’s always been kind of a bucket-list thing for me. I’ve always wanted to do it at least once,” he said.
Rogers added that the Opening Day nod would be especially meaningful considering how he started with the Orioles (7.11 ERA in four starts after being acquired in a trade from Miami).
“It’d be kind of a full-circle moment, just from when I got traded over here and it not going exactly the way any of us wanted it to,” he said.
Spring training has already revealed the competitiveness of the team, according to Rogers. He said the group pushes each other daily.
“I always look at it like I’ve got to win a spot,” Rogers said. “[If] you start thinking you’ve already got a spot, that’s when you start getting complacent.”
Rogers said he believes the Orioles’ starting rotation is “probably the most underrated, least talked about … in all of baseball.” The expected starters along with Rogers are Kyle Bradish, Shane Baz, Chris Bassitt, Zach Eflin and Dean Kremer.
He also said that veterans like Bassitt, Pete Alonso, Andrew Kittredge and Taylor Ward have helped the club maintain intensity in the later parts of spring training.
“We’ve got to treat every day like it’s Day 1,” Rogers said. “These are the days that kind of matter to get us where we need to be.”
For more from Rogers, listen to the full interview here:
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