Toledo – Drew VerHagen, designated for assignment and outrighted by the Detroit Tigers on Friday, is expected to join the Mud Hens in Toledo at some point this weekend.
If he’s looking for empathy, if he’s looking for a guide post, a touchstone, somebody who can help him first get his mind around what had to be crushing disappointment, and then show him how to get his mind right and move past it – Hardy is his guy.
All the hurt and incredulity VerHagen may be feeling right now – going in a blink from late-inning set-up man to being DFA’d, and having every other team pass on him, to being reassigned to Triple-A without the benefit of being on the 40-man roster – Hardy’s been there and dealt with it.