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Tigers To Activate Jake Rogers

By Steve Adams | May 20, 2025 at 12:20pm CDT

The Tigers will reinstate catcher Jake Rogers from the injured list today, manager A.J. Hinch announced to the team’s beat (link via Evan Woodbery of MLive.com). The likely corresponding move will be to move on from veteran Tomas Nido, who has hit well in a small sample of 37 plate appearances but can’t be optioned to the minors without first clearing waivers.

Rogers, 30, went 5-for-15 with three doubles during a brief Triple-A rehab assignment. He landed on the injured list about a week into the season thanks to an oblique strain that wound up sidelining him nearly six weeks. He was 4-for-18 with a double and three walks in 22 plate appearances when healthy and carries a .198/.262/.351 batting line dating back to last season.

Though he’s coming off a down season with the bat, Rogers is a premium defensive catcher who popped 21 home runs as recently as 2023. From 2022-23, Rogers slashed .225/.291/.457 (103 wRC+) with 27 big flies in only 492 plate appearances. The Tigers will certainly hope that he can return to that form at the plate, but Rogers’ glovework is strong enough that he’ll hold down a key role on the team even if his bat doesn’t return to form.

In Rogers’ absence, former second-round pick Dillon Dingler has seen the lion’s share of playing time and made a case for a larger role than that of the standard backup. He’s hitting .292/.319/.462 with four homers, eight doubles and a triple in 135 turns at the plate. Dingler’s 27.4% strikeout rate is a few ticks too high — though lower than Rogers’ typical levels — and he’s not going to sustain a .382 average on balls in play, but he increasingly looks like a competent offensive player whose glovework is similarly well-regarded to that of Rogers. Time will tell how the Tigers will divide up the reps behind the dish, but it’s possible that Dingler has played himself into more of an even timeshare already.

As for the 31-year-old Nido, he’s appeared in 10 games since Rogers’ injury and gone 12-for-37. He’s hitting .343, but all of his hits have been singles and he’s sitting on a .480 average on balls in play he can’t possibly sustain over a larger sample. Nido, like his two fellow Detroit backstops, is a plus defender but entered the season with a career .210/.245/.309 batting line. He’s out of minor league options and has more than five years of service anyhow (meaning even if he did have minor league option remaining, he’d have to consent to being sent down).

If the Tigers end up designating Nido for assignment, they’ll have five days to try to trade him before he’d have to be placed on outright waivers (which is a 48-hour process). The Tigers would presumably prefer to keep Nido in the organization as depth in Triple-A Toledo, but even if Nido were to go unclaimed on waivers, he could reject an outright assignment to Triple-A in favor of free agency.

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  1. Ashen Eidolon

    4 weeks ago

    Would prefer if Jake concentrated on releasing another Gallowbraid album, but I guess this is fine too.

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  2. the guru

    4 weeks ago

    Wow. Good for them. When the tigers get to full health theyre going to be really hard to beat. He will have that SP staff back to performing where it should be pretty quickly.

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    • For Love of the Game

      4 weeks ago

      Dingler has been equally impressive as Rogers behind the plate, but better offensively. I think his handling of the pitching staff has also been solid.
      Good problem to have two quality catchers!

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      • the guru

        4 weeks ago

        Last year the tigers were ranked #2 in FIP, this year #14. They have been underperforming.

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        • dsett75

          4 weeks ago

          The catchers have been better than previous seasons. So, either everyone else’s catching has been waaaay better than they’ve been used to, or FIP really doesn’t say as much as the new age cats think it does.

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  3. Well said.

    4 weeks ago

    Tomas did a fine job. I expect that someone will claim him on waivers. Detroit would be happy if they could get him back to Toledo but he is just to good a backup not to be claimed.

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  4. dkhits20

    4 weeks ago

    Excited about Jake returning, but kind of sad about losing Nido… especially after seeing him step up and pitch 1.2 perfect innings last night. If that was his final game with Detroit, what a way to go out. I can now see why Mets fans liked him so much.

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  5. Old York

    4 weeks ago

    Jake Rogers seems like someone who should be on the Pirates not the Motor City Kitties.

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    • WadeBoggsWildRide

      4 weeks ago

      “Dertroit Beisbolcats”

      Saw a shirt with that and a special Ed tiger. Best baseball shirt I have ever seen.

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  6. WadeBoggsWildRide

    4 weeks ago

    Dirk Dingler.

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  7. Rsox

    4 weeks ago

    At this point is Rogers really a better backup than Nido?

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    • Well said.

      4 weeks ago

      Yes. Roger is a better defensive catcher with a lot more power but he strikes out to much.

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    • the guru

      4 weeks ago

      yes for sure. Rogers is a 20 HR guy and the arguably the best defensive player in the world.

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    • 84LeFlore

      4 weeks ago

      Jake is also the heart of the team. Chemistry matters.

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