Roark played one season with the Southern Illinois Miners of the independent Frontier League in 2008. In 3 games, he was 0–2 with a 21.41 ERA. In just 9.2 innings, he gave up 23 hits along with 25 runs while striking out 11.\n', '

Roark was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 25th round of the 2008 Amateur Player Draft. In July 2010, he was traded along with Ryan Tatusko to the Nationals for Cristian Guzman.\n', '

In 2011, he was promoted to Triple-A Syracuse, and posted, in 28 games (26 starts) an unremarkable 6–17 record, but he posted a 4.39 ERA with 7.9 strikeouts and 2.9 walks per nine innings. He began the 2012 season in Syracuse as a starter, then joined the bullpen for 20 relief appearances. Roark moved back to the rotation and had the best stretch of his career, allowing only 12 earned runs over ​48 2⁄3 innings in eight starts.\n', '

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