3 overreactions from the Miami Marlins getting swept by Arizona

#2: “Trevor Rogers is done”.

I already wrote about how Trevor Rogers is still an ace and… yes he still is. Just like Pablo Lopez in the previous game, Rogers had a bad game for the Miami Marlins and gave up 2 home runs among the 5 runs that he gave up in 4.1 innings on Tuesday. It was a bad game no doubt, but are we just going to pretend that bad games don’t happen for aces?

Did we all forget how great he was just last year? How he had a 2.64 ERA/2.55 FIP in 133.0 IP? How he could’ve been a Cy Young contender if he pitched more innings? Trevor Rogers is not done and is surely still an ace. He just had his bad starts happen earlier than usual and all in a short period of time.

Do you remember how terrible Max Fried was for Atlanta in the beginning of last season? Or how about Luis Castillo for Cincinnati? Those guys were horrible to start the season, but then their results improved and they ended up finishing with solid results by the end of the season. Fried had a 3.04 ERA in fact. Trevor Rogers could be following the same trajectory as them.

Trevor may be tipping his fastballs and once he fixes that, he could very well be back to his old self. This terrible outing will likely be forgotten once he’s back to chasing a Cy Young award. In the meantime while his outing may have been the culprit for the loss in the second game of the series, his previous two outings were very good as he was righting the ship in his performance this season.