Verlander agrees to 5 year, $80 million deal with Tigers

[E.J.]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4884753

The Detroit Tigers and Justin Verlander have agreed to an $80 million, five-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

 

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity Wednesday night because the deal had not been announced. The person said the contract could be completed as soon as Thursday.

 

Verlander won a career-high 19 games with a career-best 3.45 ERA last season. He is 65-43 with a 3.92 ERA in four full seasons with the Tigers.

 

The sides agreed to avoid arbitration. When figures were exchanged last month, Verlander asked for $9.5 million for next season and the team offered $6.9 million.

[SouthSideRyan]

This only buys out 3 years of free agency, essentially extending him at 18M for the next 4 years. I do not approve.

[Outshined_One]

240 IP last season. Yikes.

[Tracer Bullet]

shaky deal for the Tigers. Lots of fans were pissed when Grandy was dealt and cried about the team just shedding payroll. So they sign Valverde and then drop $80m for Verlander? DD's run in Detroit has not been spotless.

[Clem Fandango]

240 IP last season. Yikes.

 

10 of his 35 games he reached 120+ pitches or more.

19 of his 35 games he reached 115+ pitches or more

24 of his 35 games he reached 110+ pitches or more

30 of his 35 games he reached 100+ pitches or more

 

In the month of September he threw 126, 112, 104, 128, 126, 129, and 120 pitches.

 

His gamelog from this past season looks like something taken from Mark Priors 2003 gamelog

[Tracer Bullet]

240 IP last season. Yikes.

 

10 of his 35 games he reached 120+ pitches or more.

19 of his 35 games he reached 115+ pitches or more

24 of his 35 games he reached 110+ pitches or more

30 of his 35 games he reached 100+ pitches or more

 

In the month of September he threw 126, 112, 104, 128, 126, 129, and 120 pitches.

 

His gamelog from this past season looks like something taken from Mark Priors 2003 gamelog

 

but he's shown durability, he's got a good pitching motion, and he doesn't have a history of injury...

 

That all may be bunk. I'm just messing. But if I were a Tiger fan, those lines would scare me. But Leyland is still a god in some eyes around here.

[Cubswin11]

Now that they have all this money invested in him I wonder if they will start monitoring his pitch counts and be willing to pull him earlier once in and while along with not letting him get above 120 often.

[Tracer Bullet]

you'd think a team with a pretty average payroll would be concerned with not blowing out the arm of a fairly young quality pitcher that's under team control for a couple more years even before the big contract.