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A.J. Hinch put out the warning for Jake Rogers soon after he was hired as the Tigers manager.
“It’s a blessing and a curse to play for an ex-catcher when you’re a catcher,” Hinch said in November. “One part is we’ve got a lot of expertise and a lot of feel for that position. The bad news is we have a lot of expertise and a lot of feel for that position.”
Rogers is not only ready he’s eager for it.
“He’s going to be hard on me, and I wouldn’t expect anything less,” Rogers said in a video conference with reporters Wednesday. “Especially him being a Major League catcher, he’s definitely going to be hard on me, and I’m going to probably enjoy it a little too much. I hope it gets on me a little bit. That’s how you learn.”