Trevor Rogers named Most Valuable Oriole
The Baltimore Orioles have announced that left-handed pitcher Trevor Rogers has been named the Orioles most valuable player, or MVO for Most Valuable Oriole. Rogers has had a career year with a 1.35 era after having a terrible start to his Orioles career last year and being optioned to AAA Norfolk.
The Orioles acquired Rogers last season for Connor Norby and Kyle Stowers. At first the trade looked very one sided, with Stowers having an All-Star 2025 and Norby having a solid season.
Rogers turned it around big time for the Orioles and has been nearly unhittable all season. Rogers may only have 17 starts this season which may keep him out of the running for the Cy Young but his numbers may still get him that award as well. Rogers has been no doubt the best starting pitcher in the American League.
Here is the Orioles press release.
ORIOLES LEFT-HANDED PITCHER TREVOR ROGERS VOTED 2025 MOST VALUABLE ORIOLE
The Orioles today announced that left-handed pitcher TREVOR ROGERS has been voted the winner of the 2025 Louis M. Hatter Most Valuable Oriole Award by members of the local media who cover the team on a regular basis. He will be recognized for his accomplishments during an on-field ceremony prior to tonight’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Rogers is the fourth left-handed pitcher in franchise history (since 1954) to be named Most Valuable Oriole, joining RANDY MYERS (1997), MIKE CUELLAR (1974), and DAVE MCNALLY (1968). He is the first pitcher to earn the honor since RODRIGO LOPEZ (2002).
The southpaw is 9-2 with a 1.35 ERA (16 ER/106.2 IP) on 67 hits (3 HR), 17 total runs, two hit batters, 26 walks, and 100 strikeouts in 17 starts. He enters play today ranked among MLB starters (min. 100.0 IP) in ERA (1st), opponent average (1st, .178), hits allowed per nine innings (1st, 5.65), home runs allowed per nine innings (1st, 0.25), baserunners allowed per nine innings (1st, 8.02), and WHIP (2nd, 0.87). Prior to Rogers, the last Oriole left-handed pitcher to throw at least 100.0 innings and have a lower earned run average was McNally (1.95 ERA) in 1968. His 1.35 ERA is the lowest by a Baltimore starter through 17 starts of a season in team history (since 1954) ahead of Orioles Legend and National Baseball Hall of Famer JIM PALMER (1.56 ERA, 1975) and the lowest by any MLB left-handed pitcher since Cincinnati’s Dutch Ruether (1.30 ERA) in 1919.
Rogers was named American League Pitcher of the Month for August after going 4-1 with a 1.29 ERA (6 ER/42.0 IP) across six starts. He became the first Oriole to earn the honor since CORBIN BURNES in September 2024 and the first Oriole left-hander since ERIK BEDARD in July 2007. Rogers was the first Oriole in franchise history (since 1954) to make at least five starts and allow one or zero runs in each of the outings in a single month.
He made 10 consecutive starts from July 6-August 30, in which he threw 6.0+ innings while allowing two runs or fewer, recording a 1.19 ERA (9 ER/68.1 IP) during that period. The 10-start stretch set a franchise record, surpassing MILT PAPPAS (9 GS) from August 3-September 6, 1964.
The 27-year-old leads the Orioles with 6.0 Baseball Reference Wins Above Replacement (bWAR), ranking third among MLB left-handed pitchers behind Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sánchez (7.2 bWAR) and Detroit’s Tarik Skubal (6.5 bWAR). Rogers’ mark is the highest by an Oriole left-handed pitcher in franchise history (since 1954) and the highest overall by a Baltimore pitcher since MIKE MUSSINA (6.1 bWAR) in 1995.
The Most Valuable Oriole Award is named in honor of the late LOU HATTER, a former sportswriter for The Baltimore Sun who covered the Orioles for 27 years. Balloting for the Most Valuable Oriole Award concluded last week, with voting on a 5-3-1 basis. Eight other players, in addition to Interim Manager TONY MANSOLINO, received a first, second, or third-place vote: DYLAN BEAVERS, DYLAN CARLSON, COLTON COWSER, GUNNAR HENDERSON, JACKSON HOLLIDAY, DEAN KREMER, TOMOYUKI SUGANO, and JORDAN WESTBURG.
