Detroit Tigers catching prospect Jake Rogers was promoted to Triple-A Toledo on Monday evening following a torrid start to the season down in Double-A. The 24-year-old backstop hit .302/.429/.535 with five home runs in 112 plate appearances for the SeaWolves before his promotion, and added another homer in his Triple-A debut for good measure.
The bump in competition was certainly deserved. Not only did Rogers hit well to start the season, but he finished with a flourish in 2018, producing an .871 OPS for the SeaWolves after June 1. In basically five months of Double-A action, from June 2018 to early May 2019, Rogers put up an OPS around .