The Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Rays worked out a trade as the Winter meetings were coming to a close on Wednesday out in Las Vegas. The Tigers will be sending Matt Joyce down to Tampa in exchange for starting pitcher Edwin Jackson.

Jackson has great velocity on the ball but also lacks some command. The good thing is that Jackson is only 25 years old and has pitched the last couple of seasons in the major leagues so he will being a little bit of experience with him.

Joyce should get a crack at the starting lineup down in Tampa so I think it is a good trade for him as he would have been a fourth outfielder at best in the Tigers lineup.

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The Detoit Tigers signed infielder Adam Everett to a one year contract on Monday. Barring a medical issue, Everett will shore up the left side of the Tigers infield in 2009. The physical will be taking place on Tuesday and everything is expected to check out ok after Everett had surgery last year.

Everett hit .213 with two home runs and 20 RBIs in just 48 games of an injury-plagued 2008 season for the Twins. The one year deal is rumored to be worth $1 million plus some incentives.

Now management will turn their attention to signing a closer for the 09 season. J.J. Putz and Kerry Wood are at the top of their list.

The Detoit Tigers picked up catcher Gerald Laird from the Texas Rangers on Sunday as the two teams agreed on a three player trade. The Tigers are sending pitching prospects Guillermo Moscoso and Carlos Melo to Texas for Laird.

“I’m excited,” Laird told MLB.com. “I get to play every day. Nothing against the Rangers. I love every one of them. I love all those players. I came up with a lot of them. But now I get a change of scenery and do my thing, play every day.”

That is on position that is taken care of as the Winter Meetings are happening this week in Las Vegas. We will keep you posted if anything else happens in Vegas.

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The Detroit Tigers are opening up the check book for third basemen Miguel Cabrera as they have signed him to an eight-year $153 million dollar extension.  The new contract will keep Cabrera with the Tigers through the 2016 season.  That is if he doesn’t eat himself off the team lol… Cabrera needs to keep the weight off and I then I don’t have any problem with the contract.

 What do you all think Tigers fans?  Good contract for Miggy?

The Detroit Tigers have locked up Curtis Granderson through the 2013 season.  Granderson and the Tigers agreed on a new contract extension on Monday.  The extension will pay Granderson $1 million this year, $3.5 million in 2009, $5.5 million in 2010, $8.25 million in 2011 and $10 million in 2012.  They pay could go up based on all-star performances and post season awards.

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Miguel Cabrera will be getting a pay raise for the 2008 season as he and the Detroit Tigers agree on a one year contract worth $11.3 million dollars.  The Tigers would like to lock up Cabrera with a long term deal, but they are really going to have to shell out some bigtime bucks to do that.  I would imagine around 15 million per season.

Tigers fans, do you agree with giving Cabrera 15 million per season for 5 years if he were to agree with that type of contract?

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The Detroit Tigers have re-signed outfielder Marcus Thames to a one year contract for $1.275 million.  I wouldn’t expect much out of Thames right now unless there are injuries in the outfield for the Tigers.  At the most, Thames will be used as a pitcher hitter and platoon with Jacque Jones.  Hell he might even start over Jones as the season goes on.

Another option for the Tigers is to trade Thames and the season goes on.  There were a lot of reports that they have been trying to trade him during the offseason, and I don’t expect those rumors to go away.

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Starting pitchers Nate Robinson and the Detroit Tigers have agreed on a three-year extension that will keep Robinson in Detroit through the 2010 season.  Robertson will reportedly earn $4.25 million in 2008, $7 million in 2009 and $10 million in 2010.

Pretty good pickup for the Tigers even though Robinson only went 9-13 last season..  I think a lot of people will ask about the $10 million in 2010, that is the gamble they had to take to lock him up for the next three years.

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