Signing(s): Tigers Sign Mike Pelfrey- 2 years/$16m

[gopherman23]

I'm sorry Tigers fans. Not really though.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/12/tigers-sign-mike-pelfrey.html

Click to read more...

 

[TF97]

I thought the Rockies would scoop him up. Oh well, can't be any worse than Simon

 

[hockeykicker]

Its actually a 2 year 16 million deal per reports

 

[Ricelund]

 

[DougieSmash]

Really wanted him for O's as #5 but i prefer Gonzo for 5 M, i guess.

 

[gopherman23]

Its actually a 2 year 16 million deal per reports

Even worse.

 

[gopherman23]

Really wanted him for O's as #5 but i prefer Gonzo for 5 M, i guess.

You dodged a bullet!!!!!!

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

When I saw Heyman tweet he had signed in DET, I figured it was some cheap contract.

Just insane that a very ho hum SP gets 8 M nowadays and 2 years.

 

[BSHH]

Pelfrey's last season with the Twins was not too bad (2.0 fWAR). If he is indeed signed to an 2y/16m-deal, it would be very close to what fangraphs.com users estimated. As a groundball pitcher, Pelfrey might profit a bit from Kinsler's and Iglesias' defense (though he better not hope for much help from 3B...).

The Tigers will have enough innings to eat for a SP veteran, since Sanchez regularly misses several games and Norris never pitched through a whole MLB season before. Nevertheless, that was not the signing I was hoping for after Ilitch said that he would not mind the luxury tax and with many free agents still available. The second year makes it much worse.

Gruß,
BSHH