One of the more memorable introductions written for an article on this site was crafted by John Marlatt for a piece on free agent backstops back in November 2016.
“Catchers are like toothbrushes,” he wrote. “They are necessary and do an important job, but aside from the really expensive ones that do special stuff, there’s really nothing exciting about acquiring one. Even the ones you spend a lot of money on often make you question if it was really worth it.”
Tigers prospect Jake Rogers fits that paradigm nicely. It required parting ways with a future Hall of Fame candidate in Justin Verlander to add Rogers (and two other prospects) to the pipeline.