Game Breakdown: Chad Rogers

Today I am going to take a look at Chad Rogers, who is in his first year starting as a professional. Here are his stats for the season, all with the Bakersfield Blaze.

W	L	ERA	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	SO/BB	GB%
4	3	2.74	85.1	81	8	19	61	1.17	3.21	55%

Scouting Background

Pitches: Fastball/Slider. Rogers has a fastball that works 90-93 and touches 94 MPH as a starter (as high as 96 as a reliever while sitting 92-94). His slider is an above-average pitch

Mechanics: Clean with nothing that sticks out as bad. See the video below.

Game Information

The game that was used for this was on June 1st. Rogers went 6 innings and allowed 3 earned runs (4 total) with no walks and 8 strikeouts. You can see the box score for this game here.

Game Breakdown

Here is the game on a pitch by pitch basis.

Pitch	Type	Target?	Result	Position	Notes
1	FB	Missed	Ball	Middle Outside
2	FB	Missed	Ball	Middle Outside
3	FB	Hit	Called K	Middle Outside
4	FB	Hit	Ball	Low Inside
5	FB	Hit	Pop Up 3B	Low Outside	1 out
6	FB	Hit	Called K	Middle Middle
7	FB	Hit	Called K	Low Inside
8	SL	Missed	Ball	Low Inside
9	FB	Hit	Called K	Low Inside	K on 93 MPH
10	FB	Missed	Ball	Low Outside
11	FB	Hit	Called K	Low Outside
12	FB	Hit	Called K	Low Outside
13	FB	Hit	Swinging K	Low Outside	3 out
14	FB	Missed	Ball	Low Inside	92 MPH
15	FB	Hit	GB Single CF	Low Outside
16	FB	Hit	Called K	Low Middle
17	FB	Hit	GB to 2B	Low Outside	Error on Lohman
18	FB	Missed	Ball	Low Inside
19	FB	Hit	Ball	Low Outside
20	FB	Hit	Swinging K	Middle Outside
21	FB	Missed	Ball	Low Middle
22	FB	Hit	Triple to RCF	Middle Outside	2 RBI triple
23	SL	Missed	Wild Pitch	Way Low Middle	Run scored
24	FB	Hit	Called K	Middle Middle
25	FB	Hit	Ball	Middle Outside
26	SL	Hit	Swinging K	Low Outside
27	SL	Missed	Ball	Low Outside
28	FB	Hit	Foul	Middle Outside
29	SL	Hit	Swinging K	Low Outside	1 out
30	FB	Hit	Ball	Middle Outside
31	FB	Hit	Foul	Low Outside
32	FB	Hit	Ball	Middle Outside
33	SL	Hit	Called K	Low Outside
34	FB	Hit	Called K	Low Outside	2 out
35	FB	Hit	GB Single CF	Low Inside
36	FB	Missed	Ball	Way Low Middle
37	FB	Hit	Called K	Middle Outside
38	SL	Hit	LD Single RF	Inside Middle
39	FB	Hit	LD out to CF	Middle Outside	3 out
40	SL	Missed	Ball	Dirt outside
41	SL	Hit	Swinging K	Low Outside
42	FB	Hit	Called K	Low Middle
43	FB	Hit	Called K	Low Outside	1 out
44	FB	Hit	Ball	Low Middle
45	SL	Missed	Ball	Low Middle
46	FB	Missed	Pop Up Single	Inside Middle	Blooper – landed between 3 guys
47	FB	Hit	LD Single RF	Outside Middle
48	SL	Hit	Ball	Low Middle
49	SL	Missed	Ball	Low Middle
50	SL	Hit	GB to 1B	Low Inside	FC to 1B
51	SL	Missed	Ball	Low Outside
52	FB	Hit	Ball	Low Outside
53	SL	Hit	Swinging K	Middle Outside
54	SL	Hit	Foul	Middle Outside
55	SL	Missed	Ball	Way Outside
56	FB	Hit	GO 1B	Middle Outside	3 Out
57	FB	Hit	Swinging K	Inside Middle
58	FB	Missed	Ball	Outside Low
59	SL	Hit	Foul	Low Outside
60	FB	Missed	Swinging K	Middle Outside	1 out
61	FB	Hit	GO SS	Inside Middle	2 out
62	SL	Missed	Ball	Low Outside
63	SL	Missed	Ball	Low Outside
64	FB	Hit	Foul	Middle Outside
65	FB	Hit	Called K	Low Inside
66	SL	Hit	Ball	Low Inside
67	SL	Hit	Foul	Low Inside
68	FB	Missed	LD out to CF	High Middle	Bryson Smith diving catch
69	FB	Missed	Foul Bunt	High Middle
70	FB	Missed	Swinging K	High Inside
71	SL	Hit	Double to RCF	Outside Low
72	SL	Hit	Foul	Low Middle
73	FB	Missed	Ball	High Middle
74	FB	Hit	FO LF	Middle Outside	1 out
75	SL	Hit	Ball	Low Outside
76	SL	Hit	Called K	Low Outside
77	FB	Missed	Called K	Middle Inside
78	SL	Missed	Ball	Dirt Inside
79	FB	Missed	Ball	Low Middle
80	SL	Missed	Swinging K	Inside Low	2 out
81	FB	Missed	Ball	Inside Middle
82	FB	Hit	FO LF	Inside Middle	3 out
83	SL	Hit	LD single CF	Middle Low
84	SL	Missed	Ball	Middle Low
85	FB	Hit	Foul	Middle Outside
86	FB	Hit	Called K	Middle Inside
87	FB	Hit	Called K	Middle Outside	1 out
88	FB	Hit	Ball	Middle Low	Barnhart throws out runner at 2B
89	FB	Hit	GO 2B	Middle Low	3 out

Statistical Breakdown

Pitch	Selection	Strike Rate	Ball	Called K	Swing K	Foul	In Play
Fastball	66%	68%	19	16	5	5	14
Slider	34%	50%	15	2	5	4	4

Overall Impression

Chad Rogers pounds the strikezone or very close to it. He has very good control and hit his spots just about every time through the first 4 to 5 innings. He only has two pitches that he uses, so he is likely a future reliever where his stuff will play just fine and when combined with his control he has a good looking future there. His slider is a pretty good pitch and you can check it out here

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Again, because of his lack of a third pitch his ultimate destination is the bullpen but with his fastball/slider combo along with his control, when he does move to the bullpen, he could move up rather quickly as both pitches will play very well.

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