48 mins. ago
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles acquired catcher Jake Rogers from the Detroit Tigers on Thursday for minor league right-hander Zane Barnhart.
The Tigers designated Rogers for ******* ignment earlier in the week, and it wasn't a huge surprise Baltimore was interested. The Orioles' top two catchers — Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo — are on the injured list. They used Sam Huff and Chadwick Tromp as replacements, getting almost no offense from either, before designating Huff for ******* ignment and bringing up Yohel Pozo from Double-A.
Rogers is batting .161 with three home runs and nine RBIs this season. His career average is .197.
Since July 19, Huff, Tromp and Pozo have gone 2 for 35 at the plate for the Orioles.
Barnhart has gone 2-3 with a 4.05 ERA in 31 relief appearances this year for Double-A Chesapeake.
#baltimore #barnhart #double
The Tigers designated Rogers for ******* ignment earlier in the week, and it wasn't a huge surprise Baltimore was interested. The Orioles' top two catchers — Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo — are on the injured list. They used Sam Huff and Chadwick Tromp as replacements, getting almost no offense from either, before designating Huff for ******* ignment and bringing up Yohel Pozo from Double-A.
Rogers is batting .161 with three home runs and nine RBIs this season. His career average is .197.
Since July 19, Huff, Tromp and Pozo have gone 2 for 35 at the plate for the Orioles.
Barnhart has gone 2-3 with a 4.05 ERA in 31 relief appearances this year for Double-A Chesapeake.
#baltimore #barnhart #double
5 hours ago
Jake Rogers has a new home.
Rogers, the veteran Tigers catcher who was designated for **** ignment earlier this week, has been traded to the Baltimore Orioles. The Tigers and Orioles announced the trade Thursday afternoon.
The Tigers have acquired minor-league right-hander Zane Barnhart, who will report to Double-A Erie. Barnhart is an alum of Hillsdale College.
Barnhart, 24, was a 17th-round pick by the Orioles in 2023. This season at Double A, he is 2-3 with a 4.05 ERA in 40 appearances, all in relief. He was 45 strikeouts and 19 walks.
Rogers, 31, was acquired by the Tigers in 2017 from the Houston Astros in the Justin Verlander trade and debuted with Detroit in 2019. He was replaced as starting catcher in 2025 by Dillon Dingler.
#barnhart #double
Rogers, the veteran Tigers catcher who was designated for **** ignment earlier this week, has been traded to the Baltimore Orioles. The Tigers and Orioles announced the trade Thursday afternoon.
The Tigers have acquired minor-league right-hander Zane Barnhart, who will report to Double-A Erie. Barnhart is an alum of Hillsdale College.
Barnhart, 24, was a 17th-round pick by the Orioles in 2023. This season at Double A, he is 2-3 with a 4.05 ERA in 40 appearances, all in relief. He was 45 strikeouts and 19 walks.
Rogers, 31, was acquired by the Tigers in 2017 from the Houston Astros in the Justin Verlander trade and debuted with Detroit in 2019. He was replaced as starting catcher in 2025 by Dillon Dingler.
#barnhart #double
24 days ago
There have been a lot of changes to UK Athletics recently. Out are John Calipari, Mitch Barnhart, and Mark Stoops. In are Mark Pope, Will Stein, and J Batt.
Change is good… even if it comes at a cost.
Batt, who is leaving Michigan State to become UK’s next athletic director, was set to have just a $2.5 million buyout to come to Lexington. However, that number may go to $5 million after an unexpected development.
The original $5 million buyout in Batt’s contract was cut in half to $2.5 million due to a contract clause after Michigan State president Kevin Guskiewicz announced that he would be leaving for the same role at Clemson.
But on Monday, news broke that Guskiewicz is staying in East Lansing. That could complicate things for Kentucky, and they may have to pay the original full $5 million buyout.
Change is good… even if it comes at a cost.
Batt, who is leaving Michigan State to become UK’s next athletic director, was set to have just a $2.5 million buyout to come to Lexington. However, that number may go to $5 million after an unexpected development.
The original $5 million buyout in Batt’s contract was cut in half to $2.5 million due to a contract clause after Michigan State president Kevin Guskiewicz announced that he would be leaving for the same role at Clemson.
But on Monday, news broke that Guskiewicz is staying in East Lansing. That could complicate things for Kentucky, and they may have to pay the original full $5 million buyout.
2 months ago
East Lansing — Michigan State needs a new athletic director. Again.
After losing President Kevin Guskiewicz to Clemson in May, Michigan State lost athletic director J Batt to Kentucky on Monday. The move comes only a year after the Spartans hired the 44-year-old away from Georgia Tech, and it leaves a significant hole at the top of MSU’s athletics department.
Saturday afternoon, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Batt had emerged as a frontrunner for the Kentucky job left vacant by the retirement of Mitch Barnhart. It took Kentucky another two days to negotiate Batt’s departure from East Lansing.
Michigan State has not yet named an interim athletic director.
Thamel reported Monday Batt and Kentucky finalized a six-year deal to be the school’s athletic director. Batt will also serve as CEO of Champions Blue, Kentucky’s for-profit LLC.
After losing President Kevin Guskiewicz to Clemson in May, Michigan State lost athletic director J Batt to Kentucky on Monday. The move comes only a year after the Spartans hired the 44-year-old away from Georgia Tech, and it leaves a significant hole at the top of MSU’s athletics department.
Saturday afternoon, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Batt had emerged as a frontrunner for the Kentucky job left vacant by the retirement of Mitch Barnhart. It took Kentucky another two days to negotiate Batt’s departure from East Lansing.
Michigan State has not yet named an interim athletic director.
Thamel reported Monday Batt and Kentucky finalized a six-year deal to be the school’s athletic director. Batt will also serve as CEO of Champions Blue, Kentucky’s for-profit LLC.
