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Washington Nationals’ Josh Rogers just wants to earn his way and have fun doing it...

Josh Rogers was searching for his slider in his first two outings with Washington’s Nationals, after he was called up from Triple-A earlier this month, so he turned to Patrick Corbin, who has thrown a pretty good one over the years, and asked his fellow left-handed starter for a few tips, and maybe a grip.

The next time out, against the Miami Marlins, Rogers threw his slider for 27 of his 73 pitches (37%), generating 11 swings, five swinging strikes, and six called strikes with the pitch.

“He liked his slider and his slider was working really well,” Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez said after that outing, in which Rogers threw five scoreless, and gave up just one hit in an 8-6 loss in the nation’s capital.