It was originally thought that University of Louisville
standout Josh Rogers was not going to sign with the New York Yankees and
instead head back to Louisville for his junior season but news has broken that
Rogers has indeed signed with the Yankees and will begin his professional
career. Rogers was the Yankees 11th round pick in the 2015 MLB First
Year Players Draft and has signed for a reported $485,000. This signing was
much higher, $385,000 higher to be exact, than his $100,000 slot recommendation
from the league so this will make the Yankees dip into their pockets a bit for
Rogers’ services.
Rogers was 8-1 with a 3.36 ERA for Louisville this season
pitching 92.2 innings for the Cardinals in their starting rotation alongside
Kyle Funkhouser. Rogers is already a big game pitcher pitching in two
postseason games for the Cardinals and also pitched in Game 3 of the school’s
super regional matchup against Cal State Fullerton and is also known to be a
plus control pitcher at this point in his career.
Rogers is 21 years old and is just as projectible as most
everyone coming out of the draft this season including Funkhouser making him a
very exciting sign for the Yankees. Now if New York can lock up James
Kaprielian and call it a draft the Yankees would have to be under serious
consideration for a Top 5 to Top 10 Draft this season.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)