Jacob Ray Rogers is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers in the United States.
Rogers went to Canyon High School in Canyon, Texas, where he was a member of the baseball team. He batted .492 as a senior, with six home runs and 48 runs batted in (RBIs).
He went to Tulane University and played college baseball for the Tulane Green Wave after going undrafted out of high school in the 2013 MLB draft.
He was selected as a league all-star while playing collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2015.
Rogers signed with the Tri-City ValleyCats and made his professional debut in 25 games, batting .253 with two home runs and 12 RBIs.
He was later moved to the Quad Cities River Bandits, where he concluded the season batting .208 in 21 games.
He began the 2017 season with Quad Cities, where he hit .255 with six home runs and 15 RBIs before being promoted to the Buies Creek Astros, where he hit .265 with a career-high 12 home runs and 55 RBIs in 83 games.
In 2018, he put up a 98 wRC+ in his first taste of Double-A, but he returned in 2019 with the Erie SeaWolves and smashed the 179 mark for a month before being promoted to Triple-A.
Jake Rogers Contract
The Detroit Tigers signed Jake Rogers to a one-year, $706,300 deal, with $706,300 guaranteed.
Jake Rogers Salary and Net Worth
Jake Rodgers earns an annual average salary of $706,300. He has a net worth estimation of $1 million.