(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
Toledo, Ohio — His hitting coach is not concerned with what Jake Rogers does in the box before the ball arrives.
Just as long as he’s ready when it does.
Toledo’s Mike Hessman is one of the men charged with making sure the Tigers prospect, long considered one of the finest defensive catchers in all the minors, continues to develop enough offense to be an impact big leaguer.
And if Rogers does it with the exaggerated leg kick he’s had since a teenager, so be it.
“It’s just kind of a thing that’s been comfortable for me,” Rogers told The Detroit News on Sunday.