LAKELAND, Fla. -- The news came in a hurry for Jake Rogers, just as he was wrapping up his season in the Astros' organization. A midnight phone call to say you've been traded will do that.
"There were a lot of emotions going on," he said. "It was very last-minute and when it happened, it was crazy when everything went down."
Rogers' boss, on the other hand, had been weighing it for a while. Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow knew the team would have to give up good talent to convince the Tigers to trade Justin Verlander and pick up part of his salary.