Mark Rogers becomes one of the few, the proud, the Maine natives to play major league baseball.
The Milwaukee Brewers have added the Orr’s Island native to their 40-man active roster, according to multiple published reports.
Rogers, 24, is expected to be in uniform for this weekend’s home series with the Chicago Cubs.
The Brewers selected Rogers with the fifth overall pick in the first round of the amateur draft that June. His initial signing bonus topped $2 million.
Shoulder problems forced multiple surgeries and caused Rogers to miss all of the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
This year, at Double-A Huntsville of the Southern League, Rogers was 6-8 with a 3.71 ERA. Opponents batted under .200, and Rogers averaged a strikeout per inning.
Radar guns reportedly have clocked Rogers as high as 101 mph.
For more details, read the full story in Thursday’s Sun Journal.
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