Tigers avoid arbitration proceedings
posted in 2006-07 offseason, players |Jon Paul Morosi of the Freep reports this afternoon the Tigers signed the rest of their arbitration-eligible players.
The biggest surprise might be Craig Monroe, who’ll get $4.775M, a rather substantial raise. It’s great news for Craigdunitagen, of course, but it does seem a bit high unless he truly possesses that debatable “clutchiness.”
Nate Robertson inked up for $3.26M, Omar Infante for $1.3M and Fernando Rodney for $1.05M. Morosi mentions the Tigers might be trying to add another year to Rodney’s contract. Rodney’s agent is quoted as saying Rodney is in position to be the 2008 closer, which made Eric at D-Town nervous.
Using Bilfer’s payroll information, this puts the Tigers at about $95M, not including a few of the minimum pre-arbitration contracts. So by the time all is said and done, it should near $100M. Wow. That was pretty quick. I never pictured I’d see the Tigers spend that kind of money during my lifetime. I hope they get value for it. Fortunately a lot of flexibility next year remains.
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