Tigers beef up by adding Ordonez for 5 years at $75m
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The Detroit Tigers added outfielder Magglio Ordonez to their roster yesterday. Ordonez, the last remaining premier free agent available, and the Tigers agreed to a $75 million, five-year contract, a deal with two option years that could raise the total to $105 million over seven seasons. Ordonez, 31, hit .292 last season with nine homers and 37 RBIs in 202 ...
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The Yankees will offer Alex Rodriguez a raise from the $25.2 million average annual value of the contract he signed in 2000, probably for five years beyond his current contract.
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DETROIT (Sports Network) - Taking a chance on an injured  player from last year, the Detroit Tigers held a news  conference on Monday to announce the signing of free agent  rightfielder Magglio Ordonez.
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Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer in   the first inning and the Detroit Tigers later scored four runs   in the seventh to knock off the Seattle Mariners 6-2 in   American League play on Monday in Detroit.
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All-Star second baseman Alfonso Soriano and the Texas Rangers agreed Monday to a &#36;7.5 million, one-year contract, a raise of &#36;2.1 million
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The Detroit Tigers started their offseason by landing one All-Star free agent, then had to wait three months to nab another.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - The Detroit Tigers  introduced Magglio Ordonez as the team's new right fielder  Monday.
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Second baseman Alfonso Soriano agreed to a $7.5 million, one-year contract with the Texas Rangers, and Cesar Izturis got a $9.9 million, three-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers as players and teams scrambled to reach agreements before the scheduled swap of salary arbitration figures today. Soriano made $5.4 million last season, when he hit .280 with 28 homers and ...
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Take one coach, add several assistants, dozens of hungry players, and multiply by five years. Crunch those numbers and you'll come up with 180, because that's what Seekonk has seen since Dave Morgado took over.
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BASEBALL Righthander Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros agreed to a $73-million, five-year contract extension on the ace's 29th birthday yesterday, the biggest multiyear deal the team ever has given to a pitcher. Oswalt, the MVP of the 2005 NL championship series, passed up a chance to become a free agent after the 2007 season and is now under Houston's ...
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Shortstop Michael Young has agreed to a contract extension worth about $80 million over five seasons with the Texas Rangers.
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The Detroit Tigers have acquired all-star shortstop Edgar Renteria from the Atlanta Braves, the team announced on Monday.
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No need to tell Carlos Silva how crazy it is that the Seattle Mariners gave him a $48 million, four-year contract. "It is wild. Everything is wild. Wild is having this life," the 28-year-old right-handed sinkerballer said.
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Magglio Ordonez slammed a pair of home  runs against his former team as the Detroit Tigers pounded the  Chicago White Sox 8-2 on Monday to keep the Minnesota Twins at  bay in the AL Central.
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Right-hander Ugueth Urbina's &#36;4 million option was exercised Friday by the Detroit Tigers.
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The Detroit Tigers reached a five-year deal with right-handed pitcher Justin Verlander, the second overall pick in the June draft.
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The AL Central gap is growing for the Detroit Tigers.