Jake Rogers' post-Tigers season takes another sad turn with Red Sox DFA

Jake Rogers' whirlwind season has taken him through three organizations in just a few weeks — and it's not over yet. On Tuesday, the Red Sox designated him for assignment to make room on the roster for Adley Rutschman coming off the IL.

Rutschman and Rogers came over from the Orioles together at the trade deadline, while Boston sent back a massive package that included Carlos Narváez and top 100 prospect Anthony Eyanson. Rogers had spent all of four days in Baltimore after being DFA'ed and then traded by the Tigers for Orioles minor league pitcher Zane Barnhart.

Boston's decision to cut Rogers loose is curious, given that fellow backup catcher Connor Wong still has a minor league option and Rutschman has a lengthy history of injury, but what's done is done. Rogers is likely to find a taker — basically everyone would take more catching depth if it landed in their laps — but it's tough for Tigers fans to watch him get tossed around from team to team.

Rogers played in all of three games with the Red Sox but earned folk hero status immediately by hitting a game-tying sac fly in his second plate appearance in Boston. He went 2-for-3 with two doubles the very next day, and then 1-for-3 his next time out.

Red Sox DFA Jake Rogers as former Tigers fan favorite's whirlwind season continues

If there are Tigers fans hopeful for a reunion out there, we hate to burst your bubble, but it's definitely not happening. Even if the Tigers' 40-man wasn't full, Detroit would have to add him to their active roster upon a claim, given that he came off of Boston's and doesn't have minor league options. The Tigers have no need to carry three catchers, and Eduardo Valencia has continued to stay hot at the plate since taking over the backup role.

It's not necessarily surprising that Rogers has ended up subjected to the nomadic existence a lot of experienced but below-average players have to go through. He is exactly that — experienced but below-average — and he's easy enough for teams to just shuttle off a roster.

Still, it's not what Tigers fans ever wanted for the former fan favorite. The front office did the right thing cutting him when they did, but he was one of the most veteran players on the roster and a clubhouse leader. We can only hold that he ends up somewhere that has more of an intention to keep him around.

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