Giants agree to deal with former All-Star, teaming him up with twin brother: Reports

The San Francisco Giants had a simple recruiting strategy to acquire relief pitcher Taylor Rogers: Get his twin brother to lure him in.

Tyler Rogers, also a pitcher, has been with the organization since he was drafted by them in 2013, and he made his MLB debut with the club five years later.

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Now, he'll share a bullpen with a familiar face, as Taylor and the Giants reportedly agreed to a three-year deal for $33 million.

The Rogers brothers are the 10th set of twins to make it the majors, but they are the first to be teammates since Jose and Ozzie Canseco in 1990 as members of the Oakland Athletics. Ozzie appeared in just nine games with the A's and only played in 24 big league games. Jose, on the other hand, belted 466 homers in his career.

Taylor, despite being just minutes apart from his brother, entered the big leagues two years earlier, spending his first six seasons with the Minnesota Twins (oh, the irony). They traded him to Tyler's division-rival San Diego Padres in April, but he was subsequently traded to the Milwaukee Brewers a day before the MLB trade deadline.

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Taylor was the Padres' closer for most of his tenure with them, but after struggling in the summer, he lost his role. San Diego acquired Josh Hader as part of their deal with Milwaukee, and made it to the National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Last season, the Rogers brothers became the first set of twins to appear in the same game since the Cansecos 32 years prior, and just the fifth pair to do so in the history of the majors.

Taylor owns a career 3.42 ERA while striking out 10.6 batters in his career, but last season, his ERA inflated to 4.76 despite putting up an 11.8 K/9.

Tyler has been a reliable arm in the bullpen, leading all relievers in appearances in both 2020 and 2021. In his career, he's pitched to a 2.94 ERA.

But despite being identical twins, the brothers' pitching styles couldn't be any further apart from each other. 

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Taylor is an overpowering left-handed strikeout machine, while Tyler is a submarine right-hander who has struck out 6.5 batters per nine innings in his career.

Lindsey Graham torches Biden's 'unconscionable' disregard of border crisis: 'He doesn't give a d---'

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham hammered President Biden after he delivered an optimistic Christmas address and called for unity during the holiday season. Graham demanded more action and compassion from the president, especially on the southern border. 

Graham argued on "The Ingraham Angle" Thursday that Biden’s rosy holiday message is not an accurate portrayal of what Americans are experiencing in their everyday lives. 

"To be honest with you, life is pretty bad for most Americans right now," Graham told guest host Brian Kilmeade, citing the migrant crisis, inflation, rampant crime and the loss of America’s energy independence. 

"The bottom line is Americans are hurting," Graham said. "He's disconnected from their hurt."

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He then called attention to the state of the southern border and argued Biden is isolated from the true problems in the region.

Graham labeled Biden a "dangerously incompetent" commander-in-chief for his failure to visit the border and witness the crisis firsthand.

"He’s insulated. He’s not being told the truth about how life is in America," Graham said. "When it comes to being a Border Patrol agent and living on the border, southern border life is pretty miserable."

He warned the looming end of Title 42 will result in twice as many migrants attempting to enter America and said Biden’s failure to visit the border shows he doesn’t care about the problem or how Americans are being impacted.

"He doesn’t give a d--," Graham lamented. "Get your a-- out of the White House and go to the border." 

Kilmeade then questioned Graham on his support for the Senate spending bill headed to the House. Graham joined 17 other Republicans in approving the $1.7 trillion package, which party members have been critical of for not addressing the border crisis.

Graham defended his decision and said he supported the increased defense spending.

"The bill I voted for today, non-defense spending went up 5%. Defense spending went up 10%," he said. "The men and women of the military got a raise, and they got more money than inflation."

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Graham called the process a "train wreck" and called on incoming House Republicans to instead offer multiple smaller bills when they retake control.

But the biggest priority, Graham said, is to defend the nation.

"To my House colleagues, you've got every right to complain. But if you send over a budget that cuts defense or doesn't keep up with inflation, it will be dead on arrival," he said. 

"You cannot have defense budgets below inflation when the world is on fire," he said. "That’s why I signed it."