Tyler Rogers expressed the utmost gratitude for his seven seasons with the Giants when discussing being traded to the New York Mets at the 2025 MLB trade deadline with reporters at Citi Field on Friday.
“I spent so long in San Francisco,” Rogers said hours before the Giants start a conveniently timed three-game series in the Big Apple. “Great people over there. I gave them everything I had. I can’t say enough about them, the people over there, the city; it’s where I started, it’s where I got drafted. I can’t say anything much more about them.”
During his tenure in San Francisco, Rogers posted a desirable 2.79 ERA with 296 strikeouts and 74 walks in 396 2/3 innings pitched.
He wasn’t the only reliever who caught the eye of a New York team, as San Francisco traded Camilo Doval to the Yankees on Thursday.
Rogers will miss his buddies in the Orange and Black, but he was extremely thankful for the opportunity to fly with the Giants one more time before suiting up in the opposite clubhouse.
“You know what? It was kind of a blessing because I got to say goodbye and do stuff on the plane,” Rogers said. “So, that actually worked out really well.”
The cross-country flight from San Francisco to New York offered Rogers, a Colorado native, the perfect opportunity to “put a bow” on his cherished Bay Area experience.
Though the reliever did need a quick change of clothes, as he actually was an opponent of the Giants upon landing in New York.
“We got there Wednesday morning, and I gave my suitcase to the travel people, and I was wearing a Giants travel sweatsuit, as we all were,” Rogers said humorously. “I got traded, and I was like, ‘I need to trade my clothes.’ And they were like ‘Your bag’s on the plane already.’ And I was like, ‘Can I just ride with my bag then?’
“And I think there were some phone calls. …”
Rogers spoke to reporters in his new Mets gear, but he’ll always be a Giant.
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