Somebody could have a revenge game today. But will it be Trevor Rogers, or will it be Kyle Stowers (or possibly Connor Norby)?
This is it, folks. After today’s game, we will be able to officially declare the winner of the Trevor Rogers trade. Mark it down!
The Orioles left-hander will toe the rubber against his former team for the first time, just under a year after the Marlins traded him to the Birds for Kyle Stowers and Connor Norby. The deal, which was lambasted by O’s fans after Rogers’s four-start catastrophe in 2024, is looking a whole lot better for Baltimore now. But the Marlins probably don’t have any regrets, as the newly minted All-Star Stowers has erupted for a breakout season with Miami, while Norby has given the Fish some stability at third base if not a particularly potent bat so far.
Rogers will be throwing his second straight game to familiar battery mate Jacob Stallings, his ex-Marlins teammate. The two worked 22 games together with Miami from 2022-23. Last time out, Rogers tossed 6.2 scoreless innings in Atlanta to lower his ERA to 1.57 in five starts.
The Marlins will counter with the delightfully named Janson Junk, who hopefully won’t Junk the Orioles tonight. The journeyman right-hander, who pitched only 15 games in his first four MLB seasons, has posted a solid 3.12 ERA in nine games for the Fish this year. The O’s will roll back the same lineup as the previous night, when they ambushed the Marlins for five early runs for a victory in the series opener.
Orioles lineup
2B Jackson Holliday
3B Jordan Westburg
SS Gunnar Henderson
1B Ryan O’Hearn
RF Ramón Laureano
LF Colton Cowser
DH Tyler O’Neill
CF Cedric Mullins
C Jacob Stallings
LHP Trevor Rogers