18th
December
2006
Beck: Bonderman signs 4 years
posted in 2006-07 offseason, roster moves |Jason Beck of MLB.com reports Jeremy Bonderman signing a four-year deal worth about $38 million.
Obviously this is great news, as Bonderman is among the top defense-independent pitchers in baseball as a 23-year-old and should only get better and better over the next four years as he develops. And at less than $10 million a year over that time period, he’s a real steal.
I’m tickled, as I’m sure all Tigers fans are, that he’ll be around for at least that long.
Update: while you’ve doubtlessly read this elsewhere while I was busy, the terms of the contract were released. May as well get them in for posterity sake!
Sphere ItBonderman gets $4.5 million next year, $8.5 million in 2008 and $12.5 million in each of the following two seasons.
[...] The rest of the Tiger blog-o-sphere is pretty excited also. [...]
It is incredible that we have been able to watch Bonderman for several years now, and he is still just 23 years old. Hearing about this signing really made my day — I can’t wait to see how Jeremy continues to grow and develop in the next few seasons. Hopefully, he’ll get a few more chances to show off his stuff in October, because there is no doubt that he (along with the rest of the staff, of course) was a major part of the Tigers’ recent success.
Good to see. Given the market these days, it could have been a lot worse.