Dalton Rogers

A 5-foot-11, 172-pound lefthander, Rogers was a lights out reliever for Southern Mississippi this spring. He posted a 1.95 ERA over 23 games and 37 innings, while striking out 57 batters (37.7 K%) and walking 23 (15.2 K%). Rogers overwhelmingly pitches off his fastball—a 92-93 mph heater that touches 96 at peak and comes with solid carry and around 18 inches of induced vertical break. He attacks from a lower release height with a shallow vertical approach angle and those traits, along with his IVB, allow him to rack up plenty of whiffs with the pitch at the top of the zone. His most used secondary was a low 80s changeup that generated whiffs more than 60% of the time this spring, but he only threw the pitch around 10% of the time. He has also infrequently thrown a low-80s slider.