Five Detroit Tigers File For Free Agency

by Ian Casselberry on Nov 5, 2009 10:25 PM EST in Detroit Tigers Hot Stove

With the conclusion of the World Series, players can now file for free agency. Placido Polanco, Adam Everett, Fernando Rodney, Aubrey Huff, and Jarrod Washburn did so Thursday. The only player eligible for free agency who didn't file right away was Brandon Lyon, but according to Jason Beck, there's apparently nothing to read into that.

The Tigers can negotiate exclusively with their free agents until November 20.

One more note from Beck's post on the Tigers' free agents: Polanco qualified as a Type A free agent, meaning if Detroit offers him arbitration and he signs with another team, they'll receive two draft picks. One would be from the team that signs Polanco (possibly a first-round pick, unless the team has one of the top 15 selections in the first round, which are protected), along with a supplemental pick between the first and second rounds.

Rodney and Lyon are Type B free agents, which would yield a supplemental draft pick if they're offered arbitration.

(Here's an explanation of the free agent compensation rules from ESPN.com's Keith Law. It's an Insider article, however. MLB Trade Rumors also explains the process.)

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Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Nov 6, 2009 11:37 AM EST reply actions

ARBY FOR ALL!!!

Seriously, who wouldn’t take the risk of having these guys back on decent 1 year deals? If they refuse, we get a boatload of draft picks (which would make me very happy) and if they accept, we get some pretty good players.

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by David Tokarz on Nov 6, 2009 12:04 PM EST reply actions

I read your subject...

and thought you were getting us all arby’s.

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by madpoopz on Nov 7, 2009 10:17 AM EST up reply actions

I agree

Arb for Polanco, Lyon, Rodney, and Everett.

Release Huff and Washburn.

by The Nicker on Nov 8, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions

No mopre Washburn!

Burn him with fire!

by 13194013 on Nov 8, 2009 8:42 PM EST up reply actions

actually, I just thought about this question for the blog tonight, and I agree.

Other than Washburn and Huff, offering for all other 4 would be acceptable.

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by Kurt Mensching on Nov 8, 2009 11:37 PM EST up reply actions

Right Field

Consider Fukidome or better yet Nady for right field. Ordonez can’t cover right field, his arm isn’t up to right field, his power is gone, not sure why the team tied up all that money for him. No matter how many runs you drive in, a player can let in a lot more. As a mid market team, the penalty for the salary cap obviously needs to be changed to penalize the fat teams more.

by gopher03 on Nov 8, 2009 1:45 PM EST reply actions