SAN FRANCISCO — To be clear, Tyler Rogers isn’t complaining.
However, when a reporter interrupted Rogers’ every day crossword in entrance of his locker within the relievers’ nook of the Giants’ clubhouse Saturday morning, the workforce’s submarining setup man did need to word one factor. It’s what he has advised his managers on a close to every day foundation since asserting his spot within the backend of the bullpen 5 years in the past.
“I think I’ve been available more than anybody in the league,” he mentioned. “So I’m pretty much available for the All-Star Game.”
No pitcher within the majors has appeared in additional video games since 2020 than Rogers, and the numbers say the 34-year-old reliever has by no means been more practical than he has been this season. His 47 appearances as soon as once more lead the league, his ERA is a glowing 1.47 and opponents are batting a meager .191 towards him.
And but, until one thing modifications within the subsequent couple days, Rogers will merely be having fun with the break day quite than becoming a member of teammates Logan Webb, Robbie Ray and fellow bullpen denizen Randy Rodríguez in Atlanta for the ninety fifth Midsummer Traditional.
Whereas Rogers didn’t need to advocate for himself as a result of he wasn’t acquainted with the choice course of, his teammates and coaches had been prepared to say what he wasn’t.
“In my opinion, he should be on the team,” supervisor Bob Melvin mentioned.
“I think he’s gotten robbed for a couple years now,” added catcher Patrick Bailey.
Garvin Alston, the Giants’ bullpen coach, took a deep breath and took a second to collect his ideas when requested about Rogers’ candidacy.
“I understand what baseball’s doing,” he mentioned. “But to not consider him just because he throws differently, I just turned my eyebrow a little bit. Ty Rogers is unbelievable. He’s Mr. Consistency. We rely on him. We love him. To me, it’s a little disappointing he hasn’t gotten a call.”
Melvin advocated for Rogers to get the nod when it grew to become clear Ray can be unavailable to pitch within the sport, however Mets starter David Peterson was named as Ray’s alternative as an alternative. When Phillies ace Zach Wheeler pulled out, the spot went to a different reliever, however not Rogers: Adrian Morejon, the third member of the Padres bullpen to make the Nationwide League roster.
The obvious oversights had already caught the eye of these in and out of the Giants clubhouse, however the controversy solely gained steam when it got here time to fill the spot of Matthew Boyd, the previous Giants starter who put collectively an All-Star marketing campaign with the Cubs.
In Boyd’s place, the league workplace chosen Jacob Misiorowski, the Brewers’ 23-year-old right-hander with solely 5 profession begins to his identify. Whereas Misiorowski usually reaches triple digits on the radar gun and was thought of one of many prime pitching prospects in baseball, there has by no means been an All-Star with a shorter résumé.
“It comes down to numbers, and (Rogers) puts them up, so I’m a little surprised to see some of the other guys make the team that haven’t even been here for half a year,” Melvin mentioned, with out naming names.
Misiorowski broke the report set by Paul Skenes, one other flamethrower with extra hype than monitor report on the time who was named to the workforce final 12 months after 11 begins.
“I understand wanting to bring youth into the game, but to an extent,” Ray mentioned. “You’ve got to give recognition to the guys that have done it year in and year out. Skenes was a little bit different too because the hype was real. He was kind of dominating every start, so that one made a little more sense.”
Misiorowski has a 2.81 ERA, 33 strikeouts and 11 walks in 25⅔ innings — 20 fewer frames than Rogers has taken down out of the Giants’ bullpen.
“Obviously I’ve got nothing against the guy from Milwaukee that made it,” Bailey mentioned. “But a guy who’s got five or six years in the big leagues of All-Star caliber seasons, and multiple years not getting (selected), I think that’s pretty messed up that Rog doesn’t get that opportunity.”
The choice prompted extra outrage from the Phillies’ clubhouse, the place Trea Turner advised reporters it was a “joke” and Nick Castellanos in contrast the precedence on leisure worth over recognition to the Savannah Bananas.
Misiorowski, a second-round choose and the Brewers’ No. 4 prospect in keeping with MLB.com, doesn’t carry the identical pedigree that Skenes did. However he does present the form of octane that groups covet and the league believes followers need to see, averaging 99.3 mph along with his four-seam fastball.
Rogers, along with his mound-scraping movement, mid-80s fastball and frisbee-esque slider, affords a glance that even fewer followers get to see.
“I don’t think the fans appreciate him enough and how he does it,” Alston mentioned of Rogers. “This day and age it’s all about how far you can hit it and how hard you can throw it. I think he gets lost in the mix of it.”
The Phillies’ complaints needed to do with their very own pair of seemingly deserving starters, Cristopher Sánchez and Ranger Suárez, not being chosen. However Sanchez, like Ray, is scheduled to pitch Sunday and wasn’t believed to be accessible, although his agent later disputed that he had declined an invite.
For Rogers, at the least, availability isn’t a priority.
“I just don’t understand,” Alston mentioned. “I think it’s just because he throws differently and he’s not a velo guy.”
Initially Printed: July 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM PDT
