Grant Rogers is one of many Toronto Blue Jays pitching prospects who’ve broken out in 2025.
This is Blue Jays Nation’s annual mid-season prospect list, where we’ll take a look at the 50 best prospects in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. I’ll look at the player’s stats, what other publications have to say, as well as my own observations of the players.
Rogers went from an 11th-round pick at a small college to a top 20 Blue Jays’ prospect, ranking as our 16th-best Blue Jays prospect in the mid-season update. If you missed who our 17th-best prospect is, you can read about Josh Kasevich here.
Getting to know Grant Rogers…
Position: Starting pitcher
Throws: Right
Born: May 22nd, 2001
Acquired: 11th round, 2023 MLB draft
Previous ranking: Unranked
Drafted out of McNeese State in the 11th round of the 2023 draft, Rogers is a right-handed pitcher who stands at 6’7”, 230 lbs. He began his professional career with the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays in 2024, authoring a 4.26 ERA and 4.22 FIP in 74 innings pitched, starting 14 of the 15 games he appeared in.
His final six starts of the season came with the High-A Vancouver Canadians, where Rogers posted a 3.11 ERA and 2.68 FIP in 37.2 innings pitched, with a 24.3 K% and 4.1 BB%. Combined, Rogers finished with a 3.87 ERA and 3.70 FIP in 111.2 innings pitched, with a 23.2 K% and 6.1 BB%.
Beginning the 2025 season with the Canadians, the 24-year-old got off to a great start, posting a 1.82 ERA and 3.43 FIP in 39.2 innings pitched, with a 22.8 K% and a 10.5 BB%. It wasn’t long until he earned a promotion to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Through 99.2 innings there, he has a 4.33 ERA, with a 15.5 K% and 3.9 BB%.
Rogers’ last three outings have been tough, giving up 18 earned runs in 14 innings of work. Before that, Rogers was rocking a 3.15 ERA and 3.84 FIP in 85.2 innings pitched. This could be because of fatigue, as Rogers has thrown 139.2 innings this season, the most for any Blue Jays pitcher since 2019, with a chance to surpass that.
Although the last three starts haven’t been great, Rogers is a notable starting pitching prospect because of his ability to throw strikes. His fastball doesn’t blow anyone away as it sits in the low-90s, but it has significant run. Rogers’ mid-80s cutter is his primary pitch. Rogers also has a sinker, slider, splitter,and changeup in the arsenal.
Rogers is a floor-over-ceiling type of player, but if the Jays have found a back-end of the rotation starter in the 11th round, you’ll take that any day of the week.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.