Cleveland — From a baseball standpoint, the Tigers’ move makes complete sense.
From a human emotion standpoint, it’s a crusher.
At the end of a long day Friday, after the doubleheader split with the Guardians, the Tigers informed catcher Eric Haase that he’d been designated for assignment.
“It’s tough,” said Jake Rogers, who has shared the catcher position with Haase for the last few years. “Me and Haasey have been around, been through a lot going back to alternate site (during the pandemic year of 2020). It was tough to hear that, but that’s the way the game is.