Reports: Reds acquiring former Kentucky pitcher Taylor Rogers from Giants

The Cincinnati Reds are finalizing a trade with the San Francisco Giants for former University of Kentucky left-hander Taylor Rogers, FanSided and ESPN reported Wednesday.

The Reds are sending minor league right-hander Braxton Roxby to the Giants in return, according to FanSided.

Rogers, 34, is entering the final season of a three-year, $33 million deal he signed with the Giants ahead of the 2023 season. He’s set to make $12 million in 2025.

He went 1-4 with a 2.40 ERA in 64 relief appearances last season with the Giants.

He is 28-34 with a 3.34 ERA and 83 saves in 509 career relief appearances with four teams, most notably the Minnesota Twins (2016-21). He made the American League All-Star team in 2021. He has a career strikeout rate of 10.5 per 9 innings.

Rogers’ twin brother, Tyler, has spent the past six seasons with the Giants.

Roxby, 25, went 0-4 with a 5.21 ERA in 39 relief appearances for Double-A Chattanooga in 2024.

Taylor Rogers, a native of Denver, Colorado, played for UK in 2011 and 2012 before being drafted by the Twins in the 11th round of the Major League Baseball draft in 2012. At Kentucky, Rogers was 6-4 with a 4.28 ERA with one save in 166 1/3 innings pitched.

This story was originally published January 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM.