Contracts

Jerry Crasnick is reporting the Tigers have signed Jose Mesa to a 1 year $2.5 million deal. I for the life of me can’t figure out why. Not why Crasnick is reporting it, but why the Tigers would do it.
Mesa is 40 years old, and for the last 3 years he allows more [...]

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The Tigers appear close to a long term contract with Brandon Inge. The deal is believed to be for 4 years and $24 million. This certainly seems like a reasonable deal for the Tigers, even before taking into account the current free agent landscape. The Tigers don’t have anyone in the minors [...]

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Jon Paul Morosi reports that the Tigers reached agreement with Ramon Santiago on a one-year deal. The deal is for $500,000, or about $120,000 more than the league minimum. The Tigers probably could have signed him as a minor league free agent, but this is a low cost move that rewards Santiago for [...]

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I’m way behind here, and some of this hardly qualifies as newsworthy anymore. But in the interest of completeness…

Gary Sheffield will wear Alan Trammell’s #3, and Trammell is okay with it. I have mixed feelings on this. First it is only a number and too much shouldn’t be made of it. [...]

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After taking a couple days off, the Tigers will hit the field for a workout tomorrow. I’ll take today off as well, but I’ll hit the blog with more stuff tomorrow night.
In the meantime, for your reading pleasure…
Arizona Fall League
Last year I was watching Arizona Fall League games on gamecast and seeing Humberto Sanchez [...]

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It was only yesterday that I was yearning for Justin Verlander or Joel Zumaya to have one of those WOW type outings wasn’t it? Well Zumaya came through today in split squad action against the Blue Jays. De Facto DTW Lakeland correspondent Scott Galbraith had this to say about Joel’s effort today:
Rippin

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I’m a pretty big fan of treemaps. I’ve used them here on several occasions to graphically display win shares values. So when I found this tool that treemaps salaries, I just had to share. (hat tip to Catfish Stew) Below is a screenshot of the AL Central.

American League Central,salaries,baseball,treemap

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The Tigers signed nine more players today. The group includes

Roman Colon
Jason Grilli
Kyle Sleeth
Wilfredo Ledezma
Nate Robertson
Omar Infante
Chris Shelton
Nook Logan
Marcus Thames

Detroit has now signed 39 players on the 40 man roster. If my records are correct, the one member of the 40 man that hasn’t signed is Craig Dingman. Dingman of course has the [...]

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Detroit agreed to terms with five more players today. Franklyn German, Fernando Rodney, Curtis Granderson, Don Kelly, and Kody Kirkland are now all under contract. Terms weren’t disclosed, but it is a pretty safe bet that German, Rodney, and Granderson all received contracts in the $350,000 range (give or take $10,000).
The Tigers now [...]

The Tigers signed 8 players today, bringing the total number of players signed to 25. Five of the eight are sporting their first big league contract. The players are:

Eulogio De La Cruz
Preston Larrison
Humberto Sanchez
Jordan Tata
Mark Woodyard
Joel Zumaya
Tony Giarratano
Brent Clevlen

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Some brief notes an links as I prepare to have 14 preschoolers over for a birthday party tomorrow…
Monroe Re-ups
The Detroit Tigers avoided arbitration hearings completely this year with Craig Monroe now under contract. He signed for one year and $2.8 million. A fair deal all around, and the two sides essentially split the [...]

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