Absurdity of discarded Tigers helping Red Sox summed up by latest Jake Rogers quote

Jake Rogers had a tougher trade deadline than most. After being traded from the Tigers to the Orioles in exchange for a player to be named later (since revealed to be righty pitcher Zane Barnhart), he spent all of four days in Baltimore before being shipped off to the Red Sox as part of their massive trade for Adley Rutschman.

Carlos Narváez was packaged up and sent to the Orioles, so Rutschman will get the primary catcher role for the Red Sox when he's off the IL. In the meantime, Rogers resumes backup catching duties behind Connor Wong.

Rogers has gotten all of three at-bats in two games for Boston since the deadline, but he walked and picked up his first RBI — a game-tying sac fly in extra innings — in his team debut, and then picked up two doubles with one RBI in his first start the next day. The Red Sox are 64-51 and are undefeated so far in August. They've only lost four games since July 1.

He joins Jahmai Jones as immediate-impact folk heroes for a team that's defying all odds this season. And they both came off the Tigers' scrap heap.

Jake Rogers, Jahmai Jones turned into immediate impact players for Red Sox after leaving Tigers

We'll forgive Rogers getting the city wrong, if only for the fact that he's had a whirlwind week. Still, if Rogers and Jones mark the opening of a Detroit-to-Boston pipeline that really only benefits the latter, then maybe the Tigers need to stop trading with the Red Sox immediately.

Jones turned into a revelation almost immediately as Rogers, when he hit a game-tying homer in his second at-bat as a Red Sox. He earned a few starts atop their lineup for a few games but has been successful even as his starts dwindled in late July. He's hitting .400 with a 1.404 OPS in 11 games in Boston.

The Red Sox are playing out of their minds, in a way that's certainly enviable to Tigers fans. Even though Detroit owned the best record in the American League in June and some of early July, Boston's is looking far more sustainable — and they didn't have to give up their ace at the trade deadline. To say that it's infuriating is an understatement, even if both Rogers and Jones were probably in need to the change of scenery and the Tigers made the right call letting them go.

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