Tigers lock up Verlander.

[Dipre]

The Tigers and Justin Verlander have agreed to a five-year deal worth $80MM according to the AP (via NBCSports.com), and it could be made official as soon as tomorrow. The righthander filed for $9.5MM in arbitration, and the team countered with $6.9MM.

 

Verlander, 27 later this month, had reportedly been seeking a sixth guaranteed year, however it appears the team was able to talk him out of it with more guaranteed money. The former second overall pick led the American League in starts, innings, batters faced, strikeouts, and wins in 2009, earning him a third place finish in the Cy Young voting. He also has a no-hitter, a Rookie of the Year Award, and World Series experience to his credit.

 

The deal buys out the Verlander's two remaining arbitration years plus three free agent years for an average annual salary of $16MM, and will take him to age 32. It's worth slightly more than Felix Hernandez's five-year, $78MM deal, which was being used as a comparison. Tim compared the two pitchers just yesterday.

 

Excellent signing for Detroit.

[Spudboy]

Wow. That's a bargain.

[Dojji]

If you're going to spend money, that's the way to spend it.

[jacksonianmarch]

Verlander got a pretty standard deal and didnt leave much money on the table. I bet he would have won his arb hearing, and if he stayed healthy, could have commanded 20 mil a yr on the FA market as a 29 yr old. If he got max dollars ($9mil in arb in 2010, $12mil in arb in 2011, and $20 mil each of the next 3 yrs) he would have made $81 mil. The only problem with him getting locked up right now is that he lost the opportunity to get a long deal on the open market a la CC Sabathia (7 yrs). It works for both sides

[Spudboy]

Yeah. I agree.

 

$80.Mil. is a problem.

[VA Sox Fan]

Good news for the young man from the Richmond, VA area!!

 

My boyfriend has met and hung out with him a couple of times. Says he the nicest, down to earth guy. Won't let anyone in his group pay for anything.

[Mr Crunchy]

Good news for the young man from the Richmond, VA area!!

 

My boyfriend has met and hung out with him a couple of times. Says he the nicest, down to earth guy. Won't let anyone in his group pay for anything.

 

Are you still seeing Moses Malone's cousin from Petersberg?

Of all the right handed arms in the AL i like this guy the best, how are ya Lyndie?

[VA Sox Fan]

Are you still seeing Moses Malone's cousin from Petersberg?

Of all the right handed arms in the AL i like this guy the best, how are ya Lyndie?

 

No we broke up

 

Good Seano and you?

[Mr Crunchy]

Struggling thru another Winter day here in the valley of the mighty blackstone Miss Lynda.

Its almost like prison, locked inside 24/7 unless you like to ski or snowboard and I have value my health a lot more than that

Its getting a tad redundant, every morning in the low teens, every afternoon about 28-32,every night colder than a whores heart the night before rent is due...

Lord help me I do hate the winter, it gets worse for me every year and now that Im essentially sober it drags on even longer, at least when I was drinking I could do a 3month blind bender and when I wake up its April, no more of that though.

I have begun a property search in your perimeter for me to escape to, I got 9+ more years then Im outta the game for good. I dont give a f*** if i have to sell pecans on the side of the road or wash the toilets at Stuckeys, the day I hit 55 is the day I bow out of the 8-5 rat race.

Im looking between the Roanoke, Asheville NC and Rome Ga with an eye on Chatanooga specifically.

Of all the 8 cousins born in Miami theres 1 left in the entire state of Fl and both are teachers in the same school district, they too are bailing out as soon as they retire.

Florida outgrew me, I can actually feel the weight of all the people who migrated there, every deadbeat,scumbag,escapee lands in Florida and of course the blue headed QTips annoy the f*** out of me too.....I simply cant handle 45 minutes of driving to get to a grocery store 5 miles away.

Atlanta is too urban to retire in for me, I do like the city but it's too ...I dunno, new I guess?

Its like a giant Brighams, it lacks personality and character and it reminds me a lot of Los Angeles with all those sprawling suburbs, I can take a week there but long term thinking is Chatanooga.

It has the exact climate I prefer year round, lands very cheap and the place is loaded with rivers and streams.E Tennessee is beautiful, its cheap and the climate is perfect for my beat up health.

The Smoky Mtns are awesome, the people there actually are genuine, when they say Good Morning they mean it.

[Mr Crunchy]

Detroit has spent a ton of cash and has nothing to show for it.

In that spacious field they need to develop an offense around Miggy C, they need some help in the bullpen and they will be a team thats capable of going the distance.

2006 they f***ed up a sure thing, i dont think Curtis Grandersons loss will hurt them that badly but they do need to find some sticks and they need to play better against the iron, they went a combined 2-11 against Boston and NY and blew the division to the twins by laying down graciously as if they were the French defending Paris in 1940...Im not sold on E Jackson, Jeremy Bonderman is capable of 200ip,Dontrelle Willis has been a failure, anxiety issues are a hard sell when you've sucked as bad as he has. I think Washburn is very capable of turning things around,especially at home and should have 15-18wins this year depending of course on his run support.

I see these guys as the best of the central and if their pitching,especially their bullpen comes around then I think theyre capable of doing some damage in October,especially with Johnny V throwing 100mph...I do love power pitchers in October, something you gotta have if you want to win but in recent years Detroit seems to be the team that has the most unfullfilled talent, eventually these guys are going to get it together, this maybe the year it happens.

[Plumpamania]

Great signing. Good to see good deals going down.

[Dipre]

Detroit has spent a ton of cash and has nothing to show for it.

In that spacious field they need to develop an offense around Miggy C, they need some help in the bullpen and they will be a team thats capable of going the distance.

2006 they f***ed up a sure thing, i dont think Curtis Grandersons loss will hurt them that badly but they do need to find some sticks and they need to play better against the iron, they went a combined 2-11 against Boston and NY and blew the division to the twins by laying down graciously as if they were the French defending Paris in 1940...Im not sold on E Jackson, Jeremy Bonderman is capable of 200ip,Dontrelle Willis has been a failure, anxiety issues are a hard sell when you've sucked as bad as he has. I think Washburn is very capable of turning things around,especially at home and should have 15-18wins this year depending of course on his run support.

I see these guys as the best of the central and if their pitching,especially their bullpen comes around then I think theyre capable of doing some damage in October,especially with Johnny V throwing 100mph...I do love power pitchers in October, something you gotta have if you want to win but in recent years Detroit seems to be the team that has the most unfullfilled talent, eventually these guys are going to get it together, this maybe the year it happens.

 

Jackson got traded.