Written by Joe Lucia at Bloguin
The Detroit Tigers finished dead last in the AL Central with a 74-87 record in 2015. Ex-GM Dave Dombrowski helped a rebuilding effort along at the trade deadline by dealing impending free agents Yoenis Cespedes and David Price to the Mets and Blue Jays, respectively. If you’re new Tigers GM Al Avila, the most logical thing to do would be to not spend a ton of money on free agents…right?
Apparently not. According to a report by Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Tigers are in talks with former Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann about a contract, and it won’t exactly be a cheap one.
#Tigers in discussions with Jordan Zimmermann, sources tell @ken_rosenthal and me, with multiple people saying talks have become serious.
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) November 29, 2015
The story by Morosi and Rosenthal doesn’t contain many more details, though the pair does note that Zimmermann is expected to receive a nine-figure contract, the first-ever for a pitcher with a Tommy John surgery on his ledger.
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