The Detroit Tigers have designated right-hander Zach Miner for assignment. Miner missed all of last season with right elbow problems and he had reconstructive surgery in May. He is being dropped to make room on the 40-man roster for Victor Martinez, who Detroit agreed to terms with last week. In four seasons with the Tigers, Miner has gone 25-20 with a 4.24 ERA in 157 appearances, including 35…

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Victor Martinez will make $12 million next year in the first season of his $50 million, four-year contract with the Detroit Tigers. The catcher and designated hitter will receive $13 million each in 2012 and 2013, then earn $12 million in the final season, according to contract terms obtained by The Associated Press.

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Florida Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla hit 33 home runs last season and drove in 100 runs, to boot.

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Tuesday night at 11:59 ET is the deadline for teams to offer arbitration to their own free agents.

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As Victor Martinez tried to decide where to play next season, one of his countrymen contacted him about the possibility of teaming up in Detroit. Now Martinez and Miguel Cabrera will form a powerful duo in the middle of the lineup for the Tigers. Detroit introduced Martinez on Friday after completing a four-year contract with the 31-year-old switch-hitter.

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The $26 million of combined salaries between Magglio Ordonez and Johnny Damon may be coming off their books, but…

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Victor Martinez is joining the Detroit Tigers, bringing another powerful bat to a lineup that already includes slugger Miguel Cabrera.

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Victor Martinez is joining the Detroit Tigers, bringing another powerful bat to a lineup that already includes slugger Miguel Cabrera. Martinez and the Tigers reached a preliminary agreement on a $50 million, four-year contract, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

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The deadline for teams to offer arbitration to their ranked players officially passed late Tuesday night.

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Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Manny Ramirez and Hideki Matsui failed to receive salary arbitration offers as one of the first deadlines of baseball's offseason passed. Texas pitcher Cliff Lee, Philadelphia outfielder Jayson Werth and Washington first baseman Adam Dunn were among 33 players who did receive arbitration offers Tuesday, along with Milwaukee reliever Trevor Hoffman and San Diego…

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