The Tigers announced they’ve acquired catcher Dustin Garneau from the Rockies in exchange for cash considerations. Garneau was on a minor league deal and hasn’t played in the majors this season, which is why he was eligible to be traded even after the July 30 deadline. That’s about to change, however, as Detroit immediately selected Garneau to the big leagues, optioning outfielder Jacob Robson to Triple-A Toledo in a corresponding move. To clear space on the 40-man roster, Detroit transferred catcher Jake Rogers from the 10-day to the 60-day injured list.
Garneau signed a minor league deal with Detroit over the offseason. He missed a good bit of the season due to a wrist fracture and exercised an opt-out in his minor league deal last month after just 60 plate appearances with Toledo. The 34-year-old hooked on with the Rockies — his first big league organization — on a minor league deal in late July.
Assigned to their top affiliate in Albuquerque, Garneau has gone on to hit .229/.357/.400. That’s not overwhelming production, but the Tigers are obviously familiar with Garneau from his earlier stint in the organization. With teams’ options to acquire players rather limited, it’s understandable Detroit circled back to a respected veteran backstop who has some Spring Training and Triple-A experience working with members of their pitching staff. The cash was likely a nominal consideration for the Rockies, but there’s little harm for Colorado in allowing Garneau to get a big league opportunity elsewhere if they weren’t prepared to offer him one themselves.
Tigers starting catcher Eric Haase is unavailable this evening after leaving last night’s game with low back tightness. That left Grayson Greiner as the only viable defensive catcher on the roster, so the Tigers acted quickly to bring in Garneau for depth.
Rogers was part of that catching group earlier this season, but he hasn’t played since landing on the injured list on July 17 with a pronator strain in his right arm. Today’s IL transfer rules him out for sixty days from the date of his original placement, so he can’t return to the big leagues until mid-September at the earliest.
Albert Belle's corked bat
Tiger’s news is so boring. Like, really, who cares about the Tigers?
falconsball1993
Care if I save this post for next year?
Albert Belle's corked bat
PLEASE! Four years from now, they will make the playoffs.
falconsball1993
You said Tigers news is boring, nothing about the playoffs. The Tigers will be exciting news in less than 6 months
The Saber-toothed Superfife
Really, there’s just no end to the amount of harm one.little jerk like Fidel Castro can impose on the world…..
D@mn communists!
ljsmith11
Well you care enough to comment on them and troll their news feed.
detroitfan69
Probably a lot of people care about the Tigers
stymeedone
albertbellescorkedbat opinion is so boring! Who cares about his opinion anyway?
sweet lou 4 hof
If you don’t care about the Tigers, don’t read the posts. Problem solved.
Arnold Ziffel
First Arenado, now this, what are the Rockies thinking?
The Baseball Fan
Agreed, the White Sox legend himself going to another ball club is not comprehensible, this man is a first ballot hall of gamer for sure
The Baseball Fan
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(It might not need to be corrected because we already know what I’m trying to say because it’s so freaking obvious
The Baseball Fan
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The Baseball Fan
Thank you for the news. Please take an Uber home instead of driving.
TikTok Influencer
I would rather take a Boober home. Boober = Uber + Hooters
windmill_noise_causes_cancer
*crickets*
GarryHarris
This means more Grayson Greiner. I wasn’t that terribly impressed with Jake Rogers either.
FirstCoastFan
Maybe you should have been .Rogers had 6hr 17rbi in a little over 100ABs and threw out 57%.The 3.97era with him catching was also best on the team.And to add to those #s are the various metrics that rated him very high as well.
tigerdoc616
Rogers is, by far the best defensive catcher and game caller the Tigers have. And this year he finally hit enough to warrant significant playing time. Actually one of the better defensive catchers in baseball. He is also a team leader and well liked in the clubhouse. But unfortunately, most fans only see the offense and nothing else.
GarryHarris
I don’t care what a catcher does on offense. But I do see the passed balls and wild pitches that pass.
thekayz
Then you never saw the stache….
AHH-Rox
Braves should have picked him up since he rhymes with the catcher they already have.
KermitJagger
This just sounds like Justin Morneau using a bad fake name.
tigerdoc616
This is actually a good pickup for the Tigers. Rogers was eyeing a late season return. The move to the 60 day DL means he can still come back with about 2-3 weeks left in the season, which was about where he was expected to come back. Greiner isn’t all that great and we only have 2 catchers on the 40 man. Haase is battling back spasms, so Garneau gives us another option. :He has 6 years of MLB experience and all we had to give up was some cash.