The 2025 Most Valuable Baltimore Oriole, Trevor Rogers, Had A Dominant Season

The 2025 Most Valuable Baltimore Oriole, Trevor Rogers, Had A Dominant Season

What’s going on, guys? Welcome to the All Sports Best podcast. Today, we have a very special guest on. He is a Carl’sbad High School uh alum. He is a legend in Carl’sbad. Now, whether he likes it or not, that’s what it is. Um Trevor Rogers on the podcast today. Trevor, how’s it going, man? I’m doing well. Thanks for having me on, Trey. Yeah. No, absolutely. Um this is I believe what is this third fourth time on the on the show. So, you’re you’re kind of a regular on third floor. Heck yeah. Okay. Yeah. It was funny. I was talking to my dad about it the other day and I was like the first time I interviewed Trevor, it was like in his back house when I first started the podcast. So, um yeah. All right. So, guys, today’s podcast brought to you by CNB Bank. Uh experience over 100 years of trusted banking with CNB Bank. Supporting local families, businesses, and communities. Your hometown bank where tradition matters. Uh go visit today. Go Caveman, member FDIC and equal housing lender. Trevor, let’s start it all off. Um, first off, how’s the body feeling after uh, you know, coming back and getting healthy? The body feels great. You know, it was probably the first time probably in my career that, you know, after my last start, I probably could have made, you know, another five or six more starts after that. So, you know, just the work that we were putting in that year and, um, just, you know, how good I felt at the end of it. Uh it was it was it was a good spot to be in. Yeah. No, for sure. I mean and it really showed I mean obviously everybody in Carl’sbad’s watching and and we know we’ve talked about this before um earlier in your career that literally that is what everybody talks about every day after your start. It’s did you see what Trevor did? Did you see the the stat line? And it was just insane. So um from what I read and what you had put on a podcast um you adapted a couple of small training adjustments that went a long way. what what did you do that that really made that difference? Um, I mean really like the first thing was lower body strength. Um, just the, you know, the back injuries that I’ve had the past couple years. It didn’t really allow me to train the way I wanted to train. And and really like the biggest thing, you know, is getting over that mental hurdle of, oh, is this going to hurt? Am I going to get hurt again? and really just being patient with the process of, you know, we put in work, you’re in a good spot, like, let’s get after it. So, that was huge. Um, and then, you know, making a couple of uh or adding a couple more pitches, you know, the sweeper and my my slider has come a really long way for it to be competitive against anybody. So, you know, instead of, you know, a two- pitch guy, I became, you know, a four pitch guy. And you know, you got a little bit more room room for error when you can uh locate and mix four pitches uh in the big leagues, right? No, 100%. Um before this year, what do you Was it what you just said, just feeling like you didn’t want to reinjure yourself that was kind of holding you back a little bit? Yeah. Yeah, 100%. And it was more of the the philosophy like we’re it’s better to have you out there than, you know, do something dumb in the weight room. and me being on the be put on the IIL again. So, it was just more of just trying to be smart uh during that time. Yeah. I have a buddy um JP that wanted me to ask you this question. He said um do you feel like environment contributes a lot to your success as well? I mean, you’ve you were in uh you know, uh Florida and now you move kind of up north. just a total different vibe or total totally different landscape and setting. Did did that play any role in in your success? Yeah, it was huge. You know, just the the amount of information that I was getting, people that, you know, could help me and, you know, I was just trying to search for anything to get back to, you know, where I could be. And you know, the second day after my first start against Cleveland, when I got with those, they they sat me down and we broke down video from where I was a couple years ago to where I was now and the differences mechanically and it was just, you know, like a sigh of relief really cuz it’s like I’m finally getting help and quality help to, you know, kind of turn my career around at that point. So, were you just kind of like um just getting let loose when it was when you were in Miami? Like, hey, just do your thing. And there wasn’t like a real emphasis on making adjustments. Is that kind of a like a little bit of a difference? A little bit of a difference. I had a really good pitching coach in Miami and you know he was doing everything he could to try to help me and get back to where I knew I could be, but he was you know one guy that was trying to help you know five starters and majority of the bullpen guys. So that’s one guy trying to you know relay as much information as he knows to 10 11 guys. So it was really really tough for him, but I mean I learned so much from him. Yeah. But then getting traded getting traded to the O’s, it was just we have a plan. It’s worked in the past and like let’s let’s get get you back to where we all know uh you you can be, right? No, 100%. Did you um did you feel like you were truly like welcomed in with arms wide open to the O’s or did it take a little bit of a like an adjustment period? There’s an adjustment period for me. Just personally, I I’ve always been I haven’t been really good with change. It It takes me a while, you know, find the routine, uh get acclimated in a new environment, but my teammates were were great, you know, arms wide open. I I was very happy to be with those guys and, you know, kind of, you know, meet them, get to know them. But for me personally, it took a little bit for me to get acclimated because it was my first time ever getting traded. So it was uncharted territory for me whenever obviously when we’re looking at stuff that’s going on. We’re looking at what are people talking about Trevor Rogers hometown guy. Uh when you first got there it was a little bit more in on the negative side. I don’t know if you got to if you had a chance to see all that. Obviously it’s probably best that you don’t but then uh did you did you notice all of that or was that kind of just background chatter to you? I I I mean I wasn’t pitching well, so I kind of made the connection in my head and I didn’t really see any of that stuff. I I kind of just, you know, kind of put two and two together, but I didn’t really try to look at any of that stuff. Sure. Um, so I actually sent you earlier this year a link to an article about a guy who said if Trevor Rogers pitches a shut out, I’m going to get a tattoo on my butt. And he got a a Trevor Rogers tattoo on his butt. Did you Did you Did you see that one? I did see that. I can I can officially say that’s I knew my name would be in in some places I didn’t know it would be on a guy’s butt. I can cross that off my bingo card, I guess you could say. No kidding. Um, all right. So, and then it almost felt like whether you knew it or not or liked it or not, that was like one of the turning points in your season, in your career really, because you just never know, you know, big leagues is not an easy task uh to tackle. So, after that point, you just kind of turned it on. Can you tell me a little bit about what you remember of the limbo between minor leagues and major leagues this year before you really just clawed your way back? Yeah, it was just I mean probably going all the way back when I got sent down I thought it was you know like hey we traded for this guy didn’t work out so we’ll just send you to minor leagues but uh pitching coach with Baltimore Frenchy or Drew French but we call him Frenchie we had a good conversation and he said like hey we got a plan here hey let’s you just got to trust it and we’ll keep working we’ll get you back and that kind of you know settled me down a little bit. You know, there’s more of a long-term plan here to get me back. And, you know, I just got to put my head down and keep grinding and keep working cuz, you know, being in being in the big leagues and going down for AAA, it’s a it’s a reality check. And, um, it’s it’s not the same atmosphere, not the same intensity as the big leagues. And you really find out who you are down there. And, you know, I did my best to, you know, try to stay in the moment, just kept my head down and keep working. And I knew going into this year, I wasn’t the same guy as I was in 24. And I knew if I got an opportunity, I was going to give everything I had in that opportunity and kind of make it to where it’s going to be tough for them to send me back down. And, you know, the rest is really history, right? No. And you definitely made it impossible, uh, to say the least, which is cool. Uh, Camden Yards, tell me about the the atmosphere there. It’s a legendary place to be obviously. And then you were there for I believe a celebration maybe the retirement of of Cal Ripken Jr.’s number. So it was uh the 30th anniversary of when he broke Lou Garrick’s consecutive game streak. Okay. Um just being able to like pitch in that atmosphere against the Dodgers and you know there’s 30,000 people in the stands. Uh, you know, Ken Griffy was there, Eddie Murray was there, Raphael Pomero was there, and I mean, Kyle Ripken was there. Just legends of the game. And, you know, I get to be on the mound and pitch be a small part of history in that game. And I mean, at the end of the day, that the fact that we were one out of wave, getting no hit, and then we come back and win in the ninth, it was it was the craziest game I’ve ever been a part of. But it was just, you know, the fans over there, they’re very passionate about their Orioles and, you know, it’s it’s you can’t really replicate their fan base at all. Right. Did you uh get a sense of I don’t know feeling like the fame kind of you could feel it more and more like when you would go out places in Baltimore, were you recognized or are you still able to kind of keep a low profile? It’s I mean you’re really tall so it’s kind of hard to to keep a low profile anyways but did you did you get any of that? Yeah for sure. Yeah I got it a couple times. Um we would go to a little spot in Baltimore breakfast spot and I got recognized a couple times and yeah it’s pretty cool. you know, the fans reaching out and said, “Hey, you’re doing a great job.” Just kind of getting that recognition and it just kind of shows you like, you know, the fans really care about their their baseball here. Um, yeah. But also like, you know, kind of keeping it lowkey uh kind of staying the background. So, just kind of finding that fine line uh between the two is where I like to be at. When you talk about your uh breakfast place, a lot of that was with your wife Tessa. Is that correct? Okay. So she would go I mean you don’t post a lot on social media. The last post that you have that I checked was 2022. So you’re going zero dark 30 on on Instagram for sure. Um so I uh watch her stories and stuff to see like what’s going on. It’s really cool. Um tell me about what happened this year. White pants. Can you give me some details on that? So she bought these uh pair of pants we call it or pantaloons. I don’t know if that’s what they’re actually called, but okay. Pretty cool. You know, different set of pants and she liked wearing them. And I think it was my start against Atlanta right before the 4th of July and I went, you know, six or seven innings, gave up no runs or a run, and it might have been she wore it the next start and I can’t remember where that was. And I had another good one and I said, “You might need to wear these these pants a little bit more often and just see how much luck they have in having them.” And I think it was she wore them every 5 days for, you know, 3 months. So they they they got worn in pretty good. That’s pretty awesome. So I mean like And how did the media pick up on that? Was that something you discussed beforehand or they just paid attention? Yeah, they kind of just they really just paid attention. I was doing a podcast with a local media outlet up in Baltimore and it it kind of just came out in conversation and I showed them the pants and it kind of caught fire after that. Okay, that’s that’s crazy. That’s really cool. Um, this year you I mean you even mentioned a couple of the of the teams that you faced this year, some incredible ones. Uh, some of the most notable really a lot of playoff teams this year. Yankees, Blue Jays, Dodgers, Phillies, Mariners. I mean, you name it, you pitched against them and had success. Um, with all of those incredible lineups, which one of those do you feel like you had the smallest window for mistakes? [Music] Man, that’s a good question. Uh, I would say the Phillies for sure cuz, you know, prior to that start, they they had my number. I just I couldn’t figure them out. they would just, you know, figure me out pretty easily and I’d get roughed up most of the time. And even that start, I went six innings, one run, and it felt like I went 10 innings cuz, you know, just the the intensity of pitch to pitch. The margin for error is so small cuz it’s a very veteranheavy lineup. They know what they’re trying to do. They’re not going to get off their game plan and you got to make pitches. And I was down in the tunnel after the sixth inning. I was hoping the manager would come and pull me cuz I was absolutely gassed. And he he came down. He said, “You’re done.” And I was like, “Oh.” Deep down I was like, “Thank God.” Cuz I I gave it all I had. Right. But that was the that was the one for me where the margin for error was close to zero. Okay. Yeah. Cuz whenever So I I discussed this with my brother uh Roman before the podcast and I was like, I’m going to guess he’s going to say the Dodgers. And he had guessed. He was like, I’m going to say the Phillies, but you think maybe the Dodgers. I mean, the Yankees are have got to be up there, too, obviously, with with a guy that’s bigger than you in their lineup. Yeah. Crazy enough. But so, tell me about that experience because you watched a lot of the Yankees growing up. Yeah, they were they’re my team growing up. My dad loved Joe Tory. Um, so I kind of just became a Yankees fan. Uh, I mean, you know, growing up in Carlsbad, middle of nowhere, you kind of get to choose your team a little bit. You’re a free agent. Yeah, exactly. 100%. Um, so yeah, you know, just kind of a full circle moment. Um, I remember the first time I pitched there in 2020, obviously there was no fans, so we couldn’t really get the full weight of it. Um, but, you know, pitching there, my last start of the year, um, you know, sold out. It was unbelievable atmosphere. I mean, it didn’t it didn’t go my way at all, but you know, those days are going to happen, but it it was pretty special moment. Yeah. No, it was really cool to just know that that was one of the teams that you, you know, grew up watching and stuff and that lineup was at its full force and everything like that. Um, all right. So, I want to talk about some NM or you know what, let’s let’s I want to do another question that somebody sent in. My buddy Jeremy said, “Who is the hardest hitter to face this year? Who do you feel like was the biggest dog at the plate? Or maybe maybe more than one. That’s a good question. Um Stanton. Stanton gave me fits. He took me deep twice. Um dang, who else would be here? Um he actually wasn’t in the lineup thankfully when we played the Phillies. Alec Bow. He he gives me fits. So, I was happy to see him not in there because he’s he’s always he was always tough for me uh to face. But the guy that like I hate facing more than anybody was probably Andrew McCutchen. I didn’t face him this year thankfully. That’s exactly what I was going to ask next. I was like, “Did you have to see me?” Yeah. He he he’s taken me deep like four times. So, that’s that’s a guy I’m not trying to face anymore. Sure. Sure. Um, what was what was like one of the matchups and I don’t know how much you really pay attention to this, but what was one of the matchups that you really looked forward to seeing on the other m or on the mound opposite of you? Um, I think probably Tyler Gilbert for the Mariners. we we faced off and we were going, you know, back and forth and, you know, he’s one of the best in baseball. So, kind of, you know, competing with that guy, you know, and fortunately, we came out on top in that one. Uh, but that that was a fun, you know, just old classic, you know, pitcher duel right to the end. Yeah, that was fun. So, I’m exc I was excited to to see uh the Orioles this year in terms of roster. Uh, we had two guys from New Mexico State. Um, Daniel Johnson is one of them. Or D, what do you guys call Daniel Johnson? Do you call him DJ? Do you call him Jet? We call him Jet. Okay. Wow, that’s cool. DJ. And then Kyle Bradish. Both of them played at New Mexico State. So, did you guys ever chat about like the New Mexico ties or food or anything like that? I I talked to Kyle a little bit about it, just kind of like when he was there and did he play with this other guy, so on and so forth. And I didn’t even realize uh DJ played for New Mexico State until my wife told me. And I thought that was a pretty small world. And I think it actually like I asked him, “Do you know Trey and Roman?” He’s like, “Yeah, I know him.” So it was pretty pretty small world. That was that was pretty cool, dude. that that you just made my day for sure. I we have talked about that like five times. I was like, do you think there’s any chance that our names got brought up at Camden Yards? Like how crazy would that be? So that’s freaking awesome. Like I’m fired up right now. Um so you’ve got a lot of guys that are, you know, making big impacts at a young age um in in the MLB. Gunner Henderson, uh, Jackson Holiday, Adley, Adley Rushman, I guess, more of a vet now. Uh, but who is like the best locker room guy in Baltimore? Probably Colton Cowser. He keeps it light, keeps it loose, kind of a, you know, jokester, goofball, but, you know, the thing about him is he when it’s game time, he locks it in. And that it’s it’s really fun to see a guy like that, you know, that can kind of play both sides of the coin, can kind of be, you know, that loose guy in the clubhouse, but as soon as it’s game time, it’s go time. And it’s fun to watch that. Yeah. Okay. Um, so can we talk about, you know, could you give me a description? We talked about it last time when you were on the Marlins, some of the guys in the locker room and in the dugout and there were some goofballs and there were some like guys that were more serious. Can you describe these guys for me, you know, in just a few words? Gunnar Henderson. Oh, in intense competitor. Okay. Um, Jackson Holiday. H the future very stoic. Yeah, that would probably be the two. Um, and Adley Rushman. Very talented, very, very smart behind the plate and a little bit of a goofball as well. I noticed that you guys did a a really cool thing after or between games, one of the two. Um, where you guys did like prayer and stuff like that at the field with fans and and how did that come about? And and that was pretty early in your time there, wasn’t it? Or at least early this year. Yeah, we had a a faith night last year. uh kind of established it with the media guys and tried to get it set up and there was a really good uh show u fans that showed out for that last year and it even grew uh this year. So it was unbelievable you know the support that the the fan base has made and you know really build that community in Baltimore. It it was very special night. Yeah, that was really cool. We got a chance to kind of see clips of it. We didn’t, you know, you don’t, they didn’t send out the whole thing, but it was neat. Um, speaking of media, uh, I wanted to know how all of that works when you are in the locker room. It almost looks like they kind of just run up and pin you onto the the locker and ask you questions, but is there like a buffer time and they say, “Hey, media’s coming in 10 or or how does that work?” Yeah, they post it based on the game time. Uh, they we have a big whiteboard and they post the media times. It’s usually about an hour. Um, and they’ll they’ll come in kind of the center of the clubhouse and kind of mingle amongst each other. And then once they see, you know, a guy that they want to interview, not really doing anything or they have some free time, then they’ll walk up and and kind of ask if, you know, hey, do you have a few minutes? And we’ll kind of go from there. You just always seem so easygoing in those interviews. Is there ever any questions that you’re like, man, I hope they don’t ask this or any times that you felt, I don’t know, nervous. It doesn’t show if you if you have, but have you felt that way? Yeah, I mean, not a whole. I remember one time, you know, I was pitching the ball pretty well, pretty consistent, uh, from start to start, and he said, “Man, you’re,” this was kind of like off air, off cuff, and he’s like, “Man, you’re throwing the ball really well.” and he’s like, “I know you’re going to have a bad one. You’re bound to have a bad one, but hey, you’re throwing the ball really well.” I’m like, “Oh.” In the back of my mind, I’m like, “Man, I I appreciate that. Thanks. That’s exactly what I needed.” Right. It’s just It’s just those little side comments, you know? They Yeah. It’s just like, “Okay, thanks.” Trying to make a joke, I guess, but Right. Can I request this guy not to be here anymore? That’d be nice. When you went from Miami to Baltimore, you kept number 28. What went was that a coincidence? Was it a request or negotiation? Did somebody else have it? Like I I wanted to know cuz I feel like that’s not very common to be able to just smoothly get your number back. It was very, you know, kind of just worked out because I think Sters that got traded to Miami had 28. M. So it kind of just, you know, tiff for tat. He took 28 in Miami and I took 28 in Baltimore. So Oh, okay. It really worked out perfectly. Yeah. So that is a crazy coincidence. Wow. Yeah, it was crazy. Um, what what would you say you’ve learned the most from your your new organization just about maybe just about baseball in general in Baltimore? I’ve learned more of the the analytical side and I’m I’m definitely more of the old school baseball side. You know, seeing stuff with your eyes. Your eyes aren’t going to lie to you. But, you know, how can I make my stuff better based on what the analyt analytics are saying? You know, the slow motion capture of, you know, my hand releasing off the baseball. if we turn my hand a little bit more this way, keep my hand on this side of the ball, what’s it going to do as far as the seam shift going towards the plate? Um, and that’s what Frenchie is really good at. He He’s kind of like a hybrid. He can do the old school stuff, but he’s really good at um translating the analytical stuff to stuff like we can understand and that we can use. So that that was really fun like kind of getting to the bottom of that stuff. Something that I wasn’t really accustomed to before. Sure. What is what have you so kind of the same similar question, but what have you learned about Baltimore since being there? That they’re they got some good crab. Their crab is unbelievable. It is so good. And I didn’t realize they have a hot dog race and fans get fired up for their hot dogs. So, and the just the hot dog race in general. Um, and you know, just part of like the history aspect of it. I guess the Star Spangled Banner was written at Fort Mckenry in Baltimore, which I had no idea. So, that was that was pretty cool to find that out. Um, so I mean, anything and everything. It’s from history to food. Um, you know, Babe Ruth’s house where he was born is half a mile from the ballpark. So, it’s just like from baseball history to food. It’s It’s pretty cool. Yeah, that is really cool. Okay. And are their hot dogs like different? Are they any better or is just that they like hot dogs? I think it’s just, you know, they’re they’re very passionate about their hot dog race. I think it’s more because they’ll wear, you know, mustard shirts, relish shirts. So, I think it’s more of a condiment thing. They they they want to see their mustard or their relish or their ketchup in on that specific day. Let’s give uh Baltimore a little treat then. Wh which which uh which team are you? You team mustard, ketchup, relish. What you got? I’m Yeah, I’m mustard all day. Mustard all day. Love it. Actually on a just recent podcast I had Nolan Perry on and he wanted to know about we talked about the negative social media buzz last year uh this year complete 180 like it’s way better. Have you have you at least gotten to enjoy some of the cool stuff that you’ve seen uh or that has come out this year or are you just kind of like no I’ve got to keep it consistent? Yeah I during the season I don’t look at it at all. I keep my bubble very small, very tight during the season. And you know, my wife actually had screenshots of all the cool stuff throughout the season. And we kind of made an agreement that after my last start, we’ll see all that stuff. And it was that night after my last start, he’s like, “All right, give me your phone. Let’s let’s see what’s in there. I’m itching.” And I was, you know, it was it was pretty cool cuz I knew I was having a pretty good year. But, you know, for my name to be in the mix of some all-time legends in the game, that was like, holy cow, I I might have done something pretty cool. Pretty cool here. No kidding. Um, you have a fan page. I did she show you that? She did. She showed me a post or my cousin my cousin sent me a post of of the the fan page. I was like, man, I must have really done something good here. Yeah, it’s funny. It’s like it’s it’s a goofy fan page that like is legitimately um huge on Trevor Rogers, which is great. Um all right. Can you for the fans again, can you name three of the most interesting things that you signed this year? M and three. I signed a uh shoot, I forgot the name. Uh when you break a bone, they cast. There you go. Uh I signed a cast. Um but it was a couple years before that. It always pops into my mind because I always had trouble answering this question beforehand. And it was in Miami and we were doing a little fanfest and this guy had a really like a medium-sized bulldog and he was wearing a taco outfit like a taco costume and he’s like hey would you mind signing my dog? So I’m like okay where? He’s like just sign it on his on his taco costume. So I signed a my my signature is on a costume a taco costume for a bulldog. That was I I I don’t I I I don’t think I’ll ever see that one again. No, for sure. No, that’s crazy. Okay, that’s that’s a that’s a good one. Um I’ve been I think since you last were um on the podcast, I’ve kind of gotten more and more into cards and stuff. Obviously, a lot of people around here have your cards uh your signatures and and uh limited runs are floating around here everywhere. Um what is that like? Have you signed any cards for Baltimore yet or is that still like not happening yet? I’ve signed a couple that I’ve seen floating around, you know, for fans and, you know, I was I was seeing I’m like, “Okay, that one’s pretty cool.” But there’s only two or three that I saw. So, I think probably in the next year or so there’ll probably be more, I would assume. Are those are those just like the fan like they brought them to you to sign a base card or did you actually sign official ones? Signed official ones. So I don’t know how they Yeah. I don’t know how they got them. So it was it was pretty cool to to see those couple cars that I signed. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Because it’s always kind of cool to hear how you guys go about it. So I’d imagine this upcoming year you’ve got some signing to do coming pre-season. Yeah. Yeah. I I could I could probably assume that’s probably on the horizon for sure. Um, do you do you and your agent are you guys in talks possibly about, you know, brands or companies right now that maybe are interested in working with you? Yeah, we’ve kind of been in in talks with New Balance. Um, I’ve really like their cleats. I like the I tried them out for like the last year just to see if I would want to wear them next year and I loved them. So, that’s something that we’re, you know, talking about. Um, and we’ll see. You know, it’s it’s kind of fun just to have those conversations. Yeah. And is there any like local spots that kind of talk to you or have you come into appearances or anything like that? No, not not yet. Um, that’s kind of the cool thing about it. You know, I, you know, had a good year, but I come back come back home and kind of slip through the back door, as I would say. kind of keep a low profile and kind of get to do what I want, which I which I love. Yeah, that’s cool. Um, you get a chance because you’re in love uh in the offseason. You got a house there. You get a chance to kind of go and be around the old facilities or the not the old facilities, but the facilities that you were going to play at. You committed to Texas Tech. Uh, have you got gotten a chance to see all the new stuff, even maybe the football stuff yet? Yeah, I I haven’t been inside the new football facility, but you know, so the the weight room’s here and the what the south end zone is right here. So, we we got to see the whole progress of them building the new south end zone and it looks it was unbelievable. But, you know, just that tech is, you know, open arms with me being able to work out there and not, you know, having to worry about where I’m going to work out. It’s very uh very nice of them and I’m very thankful for it and you know the facilities are are topnotch. Yeah. What okay I know you might be biased towards tech but what are your thoughts on the new logo switch? Uh I mean there’s nothing better than the classic double T the one. I mean I grew up with that logo my whole life. So, kind of like anything, I kind of understand why they’re doing it, but kind of like anything, it’ll just take time for me to adjust. And sure, I I still I’ll always wear that the cap with the classic double T on it. This year you were nominated and not selected, not just nominated, but selected as Orioles player of the year, which was freaking cool. Um, when did you find how did you find out about this selection? Did they tell you beforehand, hey, you’re going to receive an award, or was it like you were there and you just found out when everybody else did? Yeah, I got my pitching coach called me into the manager’s office and it was getting towards the back end of the year and I thought it was just kind of, you know, an exit meeting. Hey, you did this well, but we want you to see want to see improvements in this. But the whole pitching staff or the pitching department was in there, you know, the the bullpin coach, some analytic people. bloom like, “Okay, what the heck is going on here?” And then the and the manager was in there, which was a little a little strange cuz it’s usually just the pitching department. Um, and then the um my pitching coach said like, “You won Orioles player of the year, like congratulations.” And uh I was kind of taken back. I was like, “Wow, I didn’t I wasn’t expecting this.” So, it was a huge honor for me that I did I didn’t take lightly at all. Yeah, that was really cool to see. And obviously, it was posted everywhere. So, it was just kind of like one of those I don’t know, it’s like goosebump moments. It’s not even for us, but we’re like, you know, you’re we’re so uh you know, involved in how you’re doing that everybody in town obviously was pumped about it. Is there anything that comes with an award like that? Is there like some kind of cool perk or bonus or anything like that? I think it’s more of the honor of being amongst the names that have, you know, been an oral. Um, just some I think a couple Hall of Famers have been been most valuable oral. So, it’s just something that you don’t take lightly. And I got I got a little plaque that they gave me um that they’re going to get my name inscribed on it and then they’re going to send it to me. So, it’s something that, you know, I can no one’s ever can take away from me and something that I’ll wear with pride uh for as long as I live. Really, you’ve gotten some really cool things. You’ve collected some really cool things in your career so far. State championship, uh, New Mexico Player of the Year, Gatorade Player of the Year, uh, Allstar, and Oral Player of the Year. Which one do you think meant more to you, or player of the year or all-star? or was it dead race? Oh, that’s tough. Um, I think sometimes, you know, being an allstar, you know, cuz we all work to be the best and, you know, best of the best and that’s what I was, you know, working towards and, you know, I was very fortunate to be to be there and that’s something that I continue to work towards. But, you know, being the most valuable oral, it was something that I probably won’t take for granted cuz that’s just being amongst those names. It was something that you really can’t top. Yeah. Um, okay. So, I had ran this question by my brother and he was like, uh, I don’t know. I’m I’m going to ask it anyways. Um, photos, videos, everything that came out about you this year from the oral standpoint was freaking cool. And I feel like there’s got to be something in the back of your mind after you just struck a dude out that, hey, there’s gonna get they’re they’re gonna get pictures of me. And so you were just always like, I don’t know, like picture ready. It felt like, do you ever do you think about it or you just naturally just just got it like that? I guess I just got it like that apparently. I don’t even I I completely forget about the cameras until, you know, they’re 2 feet away from me. Um, but you know, yeah, I’m just so locked in and I guess I guess my locked in face is good enough. I guess the kids are calling it aura right now. So that I guess that’s what you’ve got. Yeah. Yeah. I guess I got the thousand aura, whatever the heck they’re saying nowadays. Yeah, cuz I’d see like you pointing at the catcher or you pointing at a fielder or head down like walking and it was just like every time this dude’s just ready for the cameras. But um uh still in arbitration. You got another year in arbitration. So um an extension would be cool. Has Baltimore approached you at all on that or is that something that you know right now it’s just kind of in the dark right now? Yeah, kind of, you know, just in the dark. Um but still really early in the offseason and um you know, we’ll see. It’s, you know, business of baseball and something I really can’t control, but it’ll it’ll be fun to have those conversations um if they do come up. So, still we still got a lot of time, so we’ll we’ll see what happens. Sure. Um what is in store for the 2026 Baltimore Orioles? I think we’re going to get back to, you know, Orioles baseball where they, you know, in 23 and 24 were, you know, one of the best teams in baseball. Um, I think, you know, this this year motivated probably everyone on our rosters. You know, if we expect to, you know, just go out and do it and win 90 games and be in the playoffs every year, that’s not going to happen. And I think we’re we’re all very hungry and we’re motivated of way the the season happened this year cuz it’s not a talent issue at all. I mean, I I’ll put our talent up against any any team in the league and being able to compete with those guys and and win with them. So, I I think if we look back in a couple years, I think that’s going to be the best thing that’s ever happened to uh our team. Love it. Um, after a good year like this, is there any part of you that decided I’m I’m gonna treat myself? You get something cool, a jewelry or something cool that you wanted to commemorate, you know, this season with. Yeah, I actually got uh I actually have it right here. I’m a big uh big Lego guy and my agent my agent my agent reached out to Lego and they sent me something. Uh uh so I’ve been able to make this little this little guy this piranha from Super Mario. So that’s dope. You know that was kind of kind of the offseason deal for me. You know have some time to do some Legos and so but yeah that was that was that was a cool part. I was like a kid in the candy store when I saw the the box in my locker. So that that was pretty cool. Oh, so it was a gift. It was Yeah, it was a gift. They uh my agent my agent reached out to him and said, “Hey, this guy’s really big into Legos. If you could hook him up with something, that’d be great.” And like, “Yeah, we’ll send him something.” And I had no idea what it is. And and and that was it. So I was fired up for it. How long did that take you to make? Uh an hour. Oh, cool. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I knocked it out pretty pretty quick. It was fun. Um, do you have uh in the offseason anything exciting happening or anything you’re working on that you’re excited about, baseball or otherwise? Yeah, I mean this off season’s really really pretty boring for us and it’s I mean we’re pretty fired up that it’s boring cuz you know we got to get to enjoy our house and you know be normal human beings for a little bit. We got a couple weddings we’re going to go to. We might do a couple of stations not too far away, but really just kind of just decompress from, you know, the hectic year. We’re always traveling, you know, always living out of a suitcase. So, we’re really just, you know, enjoy some time with my wife and my dog. And we’re actually going to go out. The golf course that we’re at is closed on Mondays, but you can walk it. So we we take our dog out there and she she runs around and she plays and we play a couple holes. So, you know, that’s that’s what the the offseason’s all about right there. I almost feel like you’ve seen my question sheet or something cuz my next my next two questions were any new logo sets and uh and how and what is what is the golf like in in Maryland? So, what in what in the world’s going on here? But yeah, the the golf in Maryland. See if I can pull it up on my phone. It’s I’ve always wanted to play uh northeastern golf and it is absolutely unbelievable. I can see like just the trees up along the sides, green everywhere. And that’s probably that’s my favorite hole on another course that I play. But it’s it’s it’s topnotch. It’s It’s like bucket list stuff for me playing, you know, those beautiful Northeast courses. What were Do you have one or two uh course names that you just love there? So, that second picture was probably my favorite course. It’s called Waverly Woods. Okay. And it’s 20 minutes, which west of Yeah. west of Baltimore. And I played it once early in the year and I loved it. and we went back three or four more times on off days and just just good to you know kind of get away and play golf for a little bit and it’s it’s a really good track. Cool. Yeah. Um and then let’s see one last thing. Um any message for Orioles fans? You know that we’re we’re going to come back hungry in 2026. Um we’re going to use use what happened this year as motivation. um you know, the front office is gonna go get some some veteran guys or just go get some guys in general, you know, kind of solidify our team. Um and you know, we’re just we’re really excited. Um cuz that’s 20 2025 wasn’t Orioles baseball and we’re going to get back to Orioles baseball and you know, we we expect we expect we expect to be to be playing at this time next year. That’s the goal. Trevor, I appreciate you for being on the show. Uh, it’s always a pleasure and um, I wish you the very best of luck this off season. Hell yeah, man. I appreciate you.

Trevor Rogers had one of the best stretches of pro baseball the MLB has ever seen. He made the organization proud enough to award him with the Most Valuable Oriole Award and the fans definitely took notice! The Carlsbad native had a 1.81 ERA over 109.2 innings in 18 starts and regularly cashed in on quality starts (completing at least six innings and allow three earned runs or fewer.)

He gave us insight on what it’s like to pitch in Baltimore, a new deal that may be coming his way, the changes he made to become himself again, and much more.

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