Two days ago, Josh Rogers didn’t know whether his season was over or not. He knew that the Orioles wanted to protect their newly acquired left-hander as his season inning total reached 150, but there was also the possibility he would be thrown into a Sunday start if Alex Cobb’s blister problems lingered.
Rogers was optimistic to get another opportunity to pitch — especially coming off a strong start in Seattle his last time out in his second big league start — and physically felt like he still had plenty of innings left in him.