Rome Emperors release 2026 Opening Day roster
Cam looks to build on a very strong 2025 campaign on a very intriguing Rome team.
FORT WORTH, TX - JULY 14: Cam Caminiti talks to media after being drafted by the Atlanta Braves with the 24th pick of the first round during the 2024 MLB Draft presented by Nike at Cowtown Coliseum on Sunday, July 14, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images) | Getty Images With the Emperors season starting this Thursday, Rome has released their Opening Day roster – let’s take a look at how the roster is setup in what should hopefully be a strong season. We’ve already gone over the rosters for both Augusta and Columbus earlier today and here’s a look at the Gwinnett roster from last week as well.
Without further ado, let’s get into it: Meet the squad! The 2026 Rome Emperors opening day roster has arrived. pic.
twitter. com/gaOp3dh349 — Rome Emperors (@GoEmperors) April 2, 2026 Starting Pitching Cam Caminiti, LHP Cedric de Grandpre, RHP Cade Kuehler, RHP Jeremy Reyes, RHP Rome boasts a very strong starting rotation with all five in, or near the BP Top 30, headlined by Cam Caminiti – fresh off an amazing 2025 campaign. Following him will be four right handed starters, the hard throwing Cedric de Grandpre, the hard throwing Jeremy Reyes, and Cade Kuehler.
There is a lot of velocity in this starting rotation, but also tons of polished breaking pitches with the Caminiti sweeper and the Kuehler slider. Relief Pitchers Trent Buchanan, RHP Colin Daniel, RHP Riley Frey, LHP Isaac Gallegos, RHP Owen Hackman, RHP Logan Samuels, RHP Justin Long, RHP David Rodriguez, RHP Jacob Kroeger, LHP Jacob Shafer, RHP The relief core has a lot of experience with potentially Trent Buchanan leading the charge. Trent, coming off of a very strong 2025 season, where he had a 2.