The Tigers avoided salary arbitration Friday with half of their eight remaining arbitration-eligible players, reaching agreements on one-year contracts with infielder Niko Goodrum and pitchers Buck Farmer, Joe Jiménez and Daniel Norris, according to sources. Still to be determined are pitchers Matthew Boyd and José Cisnero, infielder Jeimer Candelario and The Tigers avoided salary arbitration
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Chris McCosky   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Tigers, by 4 p.m. Friday, had managed to avoid arbitration with five of the nine eligible players. After signing pitcher Michael Fulmer for one-year at $3.1 million on Thursday, they came to terms with pitchers Daniel Norris ($3.475 million), Buck Farmer ($1.85 million) and Joe Jimenez ($1.1 million)
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By TC Zencka | January 15, 2021 at 9:43am CDT The 2020-21 international signing period is officially underway, and though this signing period is open until Dec. 15, 2021, many of the big names have already signed. Teams have long since lined up deals with newly eligible teenage players, so the news today largely represents
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Chris McCosky   | The Detroit News [embedded content] Detroit — The Tigers have locked up the top two international prospects on their wish list. According to MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez, the Tigers on Friday signed a pair of shortstops — 17-year-old Dominican Cristian Santana and 17-year-old Venezuelan Abel Bastides. The Tigers signed Santana, a slick-fielding, right-handed hitter
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Michael Fulmer describes ’embarrassing’ 2020 season Detroit Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer speaks Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, about preparing to work with new pitching coach Chris Fetter. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press The Detroit Tigers began the 2021 international signing period by adding two 17-year-old
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Chris McCosky   | The Detroit News [embedded content] Detroit — The Tigers have locked up the top two international prospects on their wish list. According to MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez, the Tigers on Friday signed a pair of shortstops — 17-year-old Dominican Cristian Santana and 17-year-old Venezuelan Abel Bastides. The Tigers signed Santana, a slick-fielding, right-handed hitter
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A third round pick in 2018, Kody Clemens remains in the mix to be the Tigers second baseman of the future. The former standout at Memorial High School in Houston, Texas, and an finalist for the Golden Spikes Award while at the University of Texas, Clemens has displayed plenty of pull-side pop at the plate.
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Michael Fulmer describes ’embarrassing’ 2020 season Detroit Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer speaks Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, about preparing to work with new pitching coach Chris Fetter. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Miguel Cabrera is back in the lab. And he’s training at first base.
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Michael Fulmer describes ’embarrassing’ 2020 season Detroit Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer speaks Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, about preparing to work with new pitching coach Chris Fetter. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press When Michael Fulmer’s frustrating 2020 season concluded, the Detroit Tigers right-hander took a
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Michael Fulmer didn’t mince words Thursday when talking about his 2020 season. “As far as working off of last year, I’ll say it: It was embarrassing for me,” Fulmer said on a video conference with reporters after avoiding arbitration with a one-year, $3.1 million contract on Tuesday. It’s not that Michael Fulmer didn’t mince words
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January 15th is the new July 2nd. The date has changed, but the excitement and its significance to baseball remains the same. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the international signing period that was scheduled to begin on July 2, 2020, starts today and ends on Dec. 15, 2021. The future is now. “The COVID-19 pandemic
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