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Orioles Sign Brady Rodgers, Taylor Davis

By Steve Adams | January 23, 2020 at 9:57am CDT

The Orioles announced Thursday that they’ve signed right-hander Brady Rodgers and catcher Taylor Davis to minor league contracts. Tommy Birch of the Des Moines Register first reported that Davis had landed a deal with the O’s (Twitter link).

That Rodgers would land in Baltimore isn’t a huge surprise, given that he was long ranked as one of the Astros’ more promising pitching prospects during now-Orioles GM Mike Elias’ stint in the Houston front office. Injuries, however, have significantly slowed the righty’s career. He appeared poised to step into the big leagues for a full-time audition in 2017 after pitching to a 2.86 ERA in 132 innings of Triple-A ball in 2016. Instead, he underwent Tommy John surgery that May and was sidelined for more than a year.

Since going under the knife nearly three years ago, Rodgers has been limited to 116 2/3 innings between the big leagues and the minors. He’s been clobbered for 23 runs in 13 2/3 innings in the Majors but does possess a career 3.67 ERA with 7.1 K/9, 1.9 BB/9 and 0.8 HR/9 in 365 Triple-A frames. Rodgers generated strong ground-ball marks earlier in his career but has been more of a fly-ball pitcher since returning from surgery. The Astros selected Rodgers in the third round of the 2012 draft when Elias was a key figure in their scouting department — he ascended to scouting director the following year — and the Orioles have a clear need for pitching depth.

As for Davis, he’s a longtime Cubs farmhand with a bit of MLB experience. The 30-year-old backstop is signing on for his first season outside the Cubs organization after compiling a .277/.350/.385 clash through 1595 plate appearances at the Triple-A level. Davis has also logged 39 plate appearances in 20 MLB games, hitting at a .222/.256/.333 clip in that tiny sample.

In addition to his time as a catcher, Davis has logged more than 1000 innings at first base in his career and 292 frames across the diamond at the hot corner. He has a career 25 percent caught-stealing rate as a catcher and a track record of very strong framing numbers in the upper minors, per Baseball Prospectus. Beyond his solid play in Triple-A, Davis is perhaps best known for the myriad GIFs that were born of his penchant for locking eyes with the television cameras at any and all opportunities during Iowa Cubs games, dating back to the 2016 season.

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  1. bigbadjohnny

    3 years ago

    Davis is a great back-up.

    Reply
    • Sheep8

      3 years ago

      In AAA! Dude can’t hit, then again, he hits better than me!

      Reply
      • Awesom-O

        3 years ago

        He hit a pretty dope grand slam against the cardinals though. Best of luck to him.

        Reply
    • dimitrios in la

      3 years ago

      Davis could replace Davis!

      Reply
  2. whyhayzee

    3 years ago

    They should start rating catchers on sign stealing difficulty for the other team. They could use the Sign Obfuscation Ability Percentage for the ability to call a “clean” game.

    Reply
    • Rsox

      3 years ago

      Nice. The S.O.A.P. stat

      Reply
  3. thorshair

    3 years ago

    Imagining being named after two great QBs that’s awesome

    Reply
    • Chief Two Hands

      3 years ago

      Better than being named Tebow Leaf, I suppose.

      Reply
    • DarkSide830

      3 years ago

      he’s probably the worst sportsplayer with that such distinction

      Reply
    • deron867

      3 years ago

      Two great QBs??? Tyrod Taylor and Austin Davis are not great QBs.

      Reply
      • schwender

        3 years ago

        That’s Superbowl winning QB Tyrod Taylor to you

        Reply
    • Michael Chaney

      3 years ago

      I’m still holding out hope that Hoyer Manziel makes it to the show

      Reply
      • JohnnyBets67

        3 years ago

        Kizer Weeden is a fast rising prospect. But don’t sleep on Kessler Gradkowski either

        Reply
  4. agentx

    3 years ago

    Two players, four last names.

    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      3 years ago

      id much rather be Brady Rodgers or Taylor Davis than Rodgers Brady or Davis Taylor.

      Reply
      • dimitrios in la

        3 years ago

        Gettin deep here.

        Reply
  5. Chief Two Hands

    3 years ago

    Orange is an ugly color. That’s why the Orioles are bad.

    Reply
    • DolphLundgren

      3 years ago

      …Yeah that’s gotta be it.

      Reply
    • RedFraggle

      3 years ago

      Fantastic uniforms my dude.

      Reply
      • dimitrios in la

        3 years ago

        Some of the best in the Bigs

        Reply
    • McNulty

      3 years ago

      The O’s have great uniforms.

      Reply
  6. DarkSide830

    3 years ago

    look up AAAA pitcher in the dictionary and you’ll see Brady Rodgers’s name

    Reply
    • BirdBelters.com

      3 years ago

      LOL, may be. But that is a decent chunk of our rotations last year and this year.

      Reply
    • DolphLundgren

      3 years ago

      The staff was essentially AAAA guys last year; he’ll fit right in.

      Reply
    • mstrchef13

      3 years ago

      Look up former prospect taking three years to fully recover from Tommy John surgery instead.

      Reply
  7. neurogame

    3 years ago

    I laughed way more at Davis’s YouTube video than I have at any of the recent late night comedy shows. Didn’t expect to like it that much. Also CoCo and Craig Ferguson forever!

    Reply
  8. Trevor

    3 years ago

    That guy is hysterical. Just watched the YouTube video.

    Reply
  9. Jim Carter

    3 years ago

    Fly ball pitcher at Camden Yards. Great combination!

    Reply
    • dimitrios in la

      3 years ago

      I would imagine that they are hoping to return him to his ground ball tendencies.

      Reply
    • dimitrios in la

      3 years ago

      And in point of fact some flyball pitchers have done just fine there.

      Reply
  10. joeflaccosunibrow

    3 years ago

    #octoberbound

    Reply
    • mstrchef13

      3 years ago

      We always get to October. Sometimes it’s playing baseball, sometimes it’s playing golf.

      Reply
  11. tonypro7

    3 years ago

    Nerds

    Reply

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