TaylorRogers

• 37th round draft pick in 2009 (Orioles)
• 2010 52nd-best prospect in 2012 MLB Draft (Perfect Game)
• 2010 seventh-best newcomer in the SEC (Baseball America)
• SEC Freshman of the Week (2/22/2010)
• 2011 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star
• 2011 42nd-best Cape Cod League prospect (Perfect Game)
• 20th-best SEC draft-eligible prospect (Baseball America)

Outlook
Member of UK’s weekend rotation is coming off a breakout summer on the prospect map, earning the win in the 2011 Cape Cod League All-Star Game at Fenway Park as the starting pitcher … Was one of the most dominating pitchers in the talent-laden CCBL, owning a 1.72 ERA in nine starts during the summer, leading Harwich into the playoffs … Has been a fixture in UK’s weekend rotation since arriving on campus, carrying a no-hitter into the sixth inning of his first career start to win SEC Freshman of the Week accolades in 2010 … Has pinpoint control of his fastball and a great breaking ball … Fills up the strike zone, rarely issuing a walk, with 34 career walks in 160 innings … Led UK in innings pitched and starts as a true freshman in 2010 … Tossed six quality starts in 2011.

Taylor Rogers

Summer
Had a dominating summer in the top collegiate summer league in the nation, earning the starting spot in the 2011 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game, played at historic Fenway Park on July 29 … Picked up the win in the game, with UK teammate Trevor Gott notching the save … Went 4-4 with a 1.72 ERA in nine starts on the summer, tossing 47 innings … Struck out 40 and walked only six, allowed 34 hits … Four of his eight non all-star game starts went as quality outings … Tossed eight innings in the playoffs for Harwich, allowing only one earned run on four hits … Had a hard-luck loss vs. Brewster on Aug. 5, allowing only three hits and one earned run in 7.1 innings, striking out a summer-high nine … Tossed five innings without allowing an earned run vs. Brewster on July 15, striking out seven … Also struck out nine in six shutout innings vs. the Gatemen in June 24.

2011
Member for UK’s weekend rotation for the second consecutive year, totaling a 3-7 record and a 5.14 ERA in 14 games and 13 starts … Tossed 77 innings, walking 19 and striking out 49 … Went 1-6 with a 6.00 ERA in SEC play, making eight starts in nine games, tossing 45 innings, walking 14 and striking out 25 … Hurled one complete game … Had a 2-1 record and a 3.94 ERA in five non-SEC starts, walking five and striking out 24 in 32 innings … In seven games and six starts at Cliff Hagan Stadium, went 3-2, 3.76 ERA in 38.1 innings, with five walks and 23 strikeouts … Was 0-4 with a 6.67 ERA in five road starts … Made two neutral site starts, posting a 0-1 record and a 6.17 ERA … Was 3-0 with a 2.41 ERA in his three wins, with 10 strikeouts in 18.2 innings … Pitched in 11 games and 10 starts in games UK lost, going 0-7 with a 6.02 ERA … Pitched in 11 day games with 10 starts, going 2-5 with a 4.99 ERA in 57.2 innings … He lone relief appearances came as his first career relief outing … Stranded two runners in his lone relief outing … Allowed 14 of his 56 earned runs on the year in the first inning, owning a 9.69 ERA in the first inning … Settled down as the game went on, posting a 2.84 ERA in the fourth inning, a 2.38 ERA in the fifth and a 2.89 ERA in the sixth innings … Started the second game of the year for UK, going six innings vs. Marshall, allowing two runs with seven strikeouts … In his 2011 home debut, allowed three earned runs in 6.2 innings … Started the opener of the 2011 Houston College Classic vs. No. 17 Rice, allowing six runs on 10 hits in 5.2 innings … Allowed two runs in seven innings vs. Niagara … Tossed five innings and allowed two earned runs vs. Tennessee … Tossed 4.1 innings and allowed six runs at Alabama … Was good in a hard-luck loss at No. 3 South Carolina, allowing two earned runs in 6.1 innings vs. the two-time defending NCAA Champion … Allowed three earned runs in 6.2 innings in a start vs. Auburn and three runs in 5.2 innings at Ole Miss … Suffered a loss vs. No. 12 Arkansas, allowing five runs in six innings … After allowing five runs in 3.2 innings at LSU, was bumped from the starting weekend rotation for the first time in his career … Came on in relief vs. No. 1 Vanderbilt, getting one out via strikeout in his first career relief appearances … Started vs. Indiana on May 10 in a midweek matchup – his first career – going 6.2 innings and allowing one earned run in a win … Returned to the weekend rotation at No. 4 Florida, allowing five earned runs in seven innings.

2010
Emerged as one of the top freshmen in college baseball, spending every weekend in UK’s weekend rotation … Made 14 starts on the weekend, posting a 4-7 record and a 6.40 ERA … Tossed a team-best 83 innings, allowing 108 hits and walking only 15, striking out 39 … In his first collegiate start, tossed 7.2 shutout innings against West Virginia, allowing only six hits and one walk, earning SEC Freshman of the Week honors … Has pinpoint control, at one point running up a streak of 35 consecutive innings during the middle of the year without allowing a walk … Was dynamic in his second career start also, going six innings and allowing only one run … The only UK pitcher to start all 10 SEC games, leading the team with 60 innings pitched in conference action, walking only nine … Got off to a great start in his first four collegiate starts, going 3-0 with a 4.30 ERA, tossing 23 innings with six walks and 14 strikeouts … In seven home starts, went 3-3 with a 4.78 ERA, tossing 43.1 innings … In his first two collegiate starts, had a 2-0 record and a 0.66 ERA, allowing only one run in his first 13.2 frames … Ran into a rough start vs. Monmouth in San Diego, allowing 10 hits and 10 runs in 2.1 innings … Responded for seven shutout innings against IPFW, striking out a career-high eight … Made first career SEC start on Saturday against Ole Miss, tossing 7.1 innings, allowing eight hits and five runs … Had an amazing outing in a start at Vanderbilt, tossing a complete-game eight innings in a hard-luck loss, allowing seven hits and two runs – one earned – not issuing a walk in a 2-1 UK loss … After allowing eight runs in four innings at Arkansas in his first true SEC road atmosphere, responded with 7.2 quality innings for a win over Alabama, allowing five hits and only two runs, with five punch outs … Was good against eventual SEC Champion Florida, going 6.2 innings, and allowing eight hits and four runs … Took a hard-luck loss a mere out away from a complete-game win at Auburn, with his final line at 6.2 innings, allowing eight hits and six runs … Took a loss at Tennessee, allowing eight runs in seven innings … Suffered a loss to eventual NCAA Champion South Carolina, allowing eight hits and eight runs in 5.1 innings, with only three runs coming as earned.

High School
Named first-team All-State and first-team All-Colorado in 2008 … Earned a 1.98 ERA and a 5-2 record, striking out 82 in 53 innings in 2008 …Two-year letterwinner at Chatfield Senior High School for coach Mike Yansak … Led club team to the 2009 Connie Mack National Championship, dazzling scouts in attendance with his performance … Named one of the top 50 players in Colorado in a voting of media … Led team to the 2008 baseball final four … All-region selection in 2009 … A four-year member of the basketball team.

Personal
Full name is Taylor Allen Rogers … Born December 17, 1990 in Denver, Colo. … Son of Scott and Amy Rogers … Has a brother, Tyler (19).