Tigers sign Fielder

ninjabelly · Post #1 » by **ninjabelly** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:40 pm

Reportedly agree to 9yr/$214 million deal to help lessen the burden of victor martinez

Slats · Post #2 » by **Slats** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:00 pm

Nine-year, $214 million deal for an overweight DH? This is a disaster and will come back to haunt Detroit in a few years...

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=A ... rs-fielder

NEW YORK (AP)—A person familiar with the negotiations says Prince Fielder and the Detroit Tigers are nearing agreement on a nine-year contract worth about $200 million.

CBS first reported the terms of the deal.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because talks are ongoing. The person says “there are still some things that need to be worked out.”

Detroit, coming off an AL championship series loss to Texas, fills a void left by the knee injury to slugger Victor Martinez.

Han Solo · Post #3 » by **Han Solo** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:42 pm

Tigers are going to win the World Series in the next few years

Verlander
Fister
Scherzer
Porcello
Turner

Jackson
Boesch
Fielder
Cabrera
Young
Peralta
Avila
Raburn
Inge

And V-Mart should be back by the 2012 playoffs - Championship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FlipTSO · Post #4 » by **FlipTSO** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:54 pm

eh, isn't Fielder an upgrade over Martinez? Whats with this 'lessen the burden of losing Martinez' stuff in here? As if Fielder is just some stop gap until Martinez returns.

Fielder would've been an upgrade if they traded for each other, but they get to have both starting next year.

ninjabelly · Post #5 » by **ninjabelly** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:11 am

well on espn they were saying the tigers had no interest till martinez went down

Post #6 » by **craig01** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:13 am

That is a heavy amount of money

Han Solo · Post #7 » by **Han Solo** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:29 am

Tigers also have two top prospects (Jacob Turner, Nick Castellanos) that are close to being ready. This team is going to be scary for the next 5 years.

Post #8 » by **TyCobb** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:57 am

Verlander - Weaver
Fister - Haren
Scherzer - Wilson
Porcello - Santana
Turner - Williams

Jackson - Bourjos
Boesch - Hunter
Fielder - Pujols
Cabrera - Morales
Young - Wells
Peralta - Aybar
Avila - Iannetta
Raburn - Kendrick
Inge - Callaspo

What's good bruh

Han Solo · Post #9 » by **Han Solo** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:34 am

#Destiny

Post #10 » by **studcrackers** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:05 am

TyCobb wrote:Verlander - Weaver
Fister - Haren
Scherzer - Wilson
Porcello - Santana
Turner - Williams

Jackson - Bourjos
Boesch - Hunter
Fielder - Pujols
Cabrera - Morales
Young - Wells
Peralta - Aybar
Avila - Iannetta
Raburn - Kendrick
Inge - Callaspo

What's good bruh

why dont you focus on finishing 2nd in the west before comparing the angels to other teams

kurtis48239 · Post #11 » by **kurtis48239** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:57 pm

studcrackers wrote:
TyCobb wrote:Verlander - Weaver
Fister - Haren
Scherzer - Wilson
Porcello - Santana
Turner - Williams

Jackson - Bourjos
Boesch - Hunter
Fielder - Pujols
Cabrera - Morales
Young - Wells
Peralta - Aybar
Avila - Iannetta
Raburn - Kendrick
Inge - Callaspo

What's good bruh

why dont you focus on finishing 2nd in the west before comparing the angels to other teams

Post #12 » by **Rafael122** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:09 pm

This was their reaction to losing Martinez? He was out for the year, not the rest of his career.

chrbal · Post #13 » by **chrbal** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:06 pm

The story is that Mike Ilitch (the owner) REALLY wants a championship in the next few years. The two prospects have really no where to play in Detroit and the Tigers want another starting pitcher and a possible upgrade in the outfield.

Liqourish · Post #14 » by **Liqourish** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:08 pm

I don't believe this was solely done because of V-Mart's injury. Tigers had alot of injured players (Magglio, Guillen, Betemit, Young, Boesch, etc) last year, including the playoffs against the Rangers, and it limited them offensively. Getting Fielder should help that greatly. Despite the fat jokes, Fielder is a durable player that doesn't miss time and plays well consistently.

As for the money, $23.8 million is alot of money. However, the Tigers were paying Magglio Ordonez/Carlos Guillen over $22.9 million last year for very limited playing time (120 games, 424 ABs- combined) and production (8 HR, 45 RBIs- combined). Add in the insurance money from V-Marts injury and the Tigers are actually coming out ahead this year for Fielder who should greatly outproduce those numbers.

Next season, the Tigers will have to figure out where to put Miggy, but that is a very good problem to have when you have three hitters like Fielder, Cabrera and Martinez in the middle of your lineup. 8-)

Post #15 » by **craig01** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:16 am

Han Solo wrote:

#Destiny

Dang

Post #16 » by **Nolan** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:14 am

That's a crap ton of money for a overweight DH, this deal is going to look really bad in a couple years.

ninjabelly · Post #17 » by **ninjabelly** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:23 am

Nolan wrote:That's a crap ton of money for a overweight DH, this deal is going to look really bad in a couple years.

i wouldnt be suprised if both this and the pujols one look terrible in a couple years.

Post #18 » by **Nolan** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:34 am

ninjabelly wrote:
Nolan wrote:That's a crap ton of money for a overweight DH, this deal is going to look really bad in a couple years.

i wouldnt be suprised if both this and the pujols one look terrible in a couple years.

I'm pretty sure the Fielder deals going to look a lot worse. I have a feeling now that he's gotten paid he's going to get a lot fatter.

Liqourish · Post #19 » by **Liqourish** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:09 pm

You do realize that Pujols will be getting paid for the next 20 years per his contract, right? As for all the fat jokes about Fielder, he missed less games over the last six years than any other player in MLB. But hey, you gotta find something to hate about it, might as well hate the obvious.

Post #20 » by **Nolan** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:40 am

Liqourish wrote:You do realize that Pujols will be getting paid for the next 20 years per his contract, right? As for all the fat jokes about Fielder, he missed less games over the last six years than any other player in MLB. But hey, you gotta find something to hate about it, might as well hate the obvious.

I do. But i'm positive the Angels are going to get more productive years out of Pujols than the Tigers are going to get out of Fielder.