Trevor Rogers is at it again.

Rogers dominated in his live batting practice session. He tossed two scoreless innings in his spring debut, retiring six of seven batters and striking out the side in the second.

The Rays were his next victim today.

Rogers became the first Oriole with three ups and he didn’t surrender a run, with just one hit allowed, no walks and three strikeouts. He pounded the zone and gave them nothing, with 24 of his 34 pitches going for strikes.

The velocity on his four-seam fastball was down a tick from his previous outing, but he was throwing everything and inducing bad swings and weak ground balls.

Manager Craig Albernaz talked about Tyler Wells’ impressive changeup recently and we saw it again today. He got two strikeouts with the pitch in the fifth, as well as popup with a 93.1 mph fastball.

Ten pitches, seven strikes for Wells, who struck out two batters in a scoreless inning in his previous appearance. Still no hits allowed.

Anthony Nunez retired the side in order again, as he did Sunday in Lakeland. Strikeout, ground ball and liner to short. The sinker topped out at 96.3 mph, but he also had a 96.2 in there.

Andrew Kittredge didn’t make it out of the fourth inning, surrendering a three-run homer to Jonny DeLuca after a leadoff walk, strikeout and one-out error by Weston Wilson on a bouncer in the hole.

Kittredge threw 23 pitches, 14 strikes. He went sinker, sinker, sinker, slider and cutter to DeLuca, who gave Tampa Bay a 3-1 lead.

Nestor German began the seventh with two walks and closed it out with two strikeouts. He went 2 1/3 scoreless innings with one hit and four strikeouts.

Jeisson Cabrera got the last two outs and the save, walking two batters and striking out one. German threw 43 pitches, 24 for strikes, and had reached his limit.

Tyler O’Neill walked, doubled at 107 mph off the bat and had a bloop single. He’s off to a sizzling start in camp.

“Got down here early, been working really hard last couple weeks,” O’Neill told the media in Sarasota. “Made some tweaks this offseason, just to kind of fine-tune the swing a little bit. A lot of good effort in the offseason with the training program and stuff. So physically, I feel really good. Mechanically, I feel good in the box. Swing feels a lot better than last year.” 

“He looked great,” Albernaz told the media in his post-game session. “To me, the at-bat that stood out was the 0-2 to the walk. It was great to see him do that. Barreled up some balls, but he did a lot of great work this offseason. So, it’s good to see him in a good spot before he heads out to the WBC.”

Taylor Ward doubled and walked. Wilson doubled and walked. But let’s talk Vance Honeycutt, the first-round pick in 2024 out of the University of North Carolina.

Honeycutt hit his second home run this spring as one of the extras from minor league camp. He broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh with a 410-foot shot to center field at 104.3 mph.

The first-pitch sinker didn’t stand a chance. And he didn’t need any wind.

Honeycutt hit an inside-the-park homer at Ed Smith Stadium in the 2025 Spring Breakout game.

The confidence should be rising after he hit .171/.284/.275 with 12 doubles, six triples, five homers, 24 RBIs and 178 strikeouts last year with High-A Aberdeen.