Detroit Tigers catcher Eric Haase has been on the traveling taxi squad for road trips all season. He caught warmups, took batting practice and followed the patterns of his fellow catchers, but unless there were two injuries, he wasn't ever going to play.
That changed Tuesday.
The Tigers demoted catcher Grayson Greiner to the alternate training site, and Haase — a Dearborn Divine Child graduate — was named his replacement.
"I get chills just thinking about it," Haase said Tuesday. "From the minute they said I was traded over here, it's been something that's been in the back of my mind.