For Orioles pitching prospect Josh Rogers, it was all about the journey, and that turned out to be the problem.
Rogers, who was called up from Triple-A Norfolk last week and is one of the pitchers likely to follow probable “opener” Jimmy Yacabonis in Wednesday’s series finale against the Oakland Athletics, said that he has struggled through the early months of the minor league season because he was too focused on earning a trip back to the big leagues.
“I think that could have been it,” he said, “putting some extra added pressure on myself I didn’t need to.