Tigers do not tender Zach Miner a contract; Zumaya honored by West Michigan

by Kurt Mensching on Dec 2, 2010 11:21 AM EST in Detroit Tigers News

Speculation by some national wrriters during the past few weeks was that the Tigers would not tender a contract to Joel Zumaya. I thought they got the wrong reliever when they said that. Turns out, they did.

Today, the Tigers announced their decision not to tender a contract to Zach Miner only a couple of days after they designated him for assignment. So this really shouldn't come as any surprise.

That also means they will tender one to Zumaya. He should come in at a cost of about $1 million, which really isn't that much to pay for a reliever of his quality when he's healthy. Armando Galarraga will also be tendered a deal, but that's no surpise. Right now he's the favorite to be the fifth starter.

A few days ago, MLB.com's Jason Beck reported the Tigers and Miner have mutual interest in finding a deal that works.

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The West Michigan WhiteCaps will honor Zumaya with a Hall of Fame induction. Heather Nabozny, former Caps and current Tigers groundskeeper, and Ramon Hernandez will also be honored. They'll join Francisco Cordero, Robert Fick, Brandon Inge and Bruce Fields in the hall. The ceremony is Jan. 19.

"These are three individuals that obviously epitomize what the Whitecaps are all about," Whitecaps vice president Jim Jarecki said. "When people talk about the Whitecaps, those are some of the first names people think about.

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Great for Zoom-Zoom

And I’m not really surprised about Miner

Go for it

by DetroitSports on Dec 2, 2010 11:45 AM EST reply actions

Like Bedard, Zoom usually pitches well when healthy

Tigers do have a great bullpen. Take a flyer on Bedard maybe get 12 quality start.

by Barry2 on Dec 2, 2010 1:12 PM EST reply actions

Plus 1

Curious what he would cost. If not Bedard then definatley a Webb\Francis\Harden low risk/high reward type.

Great news for Zumaya!

by JAYRC on Dec 2, 2010 1:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Zoomer seems a bit young to be in any "Hall of Fame"

I like the Bedard idea. And I’m one that’s slow to warm up to these rehab sort of deals, but Bedard has been an absolute stud when he’s pitched. He had surgery to repair a torn labrum at the end of 09 and thought he’d be back around May or so, but had a few false starts, some inflammation, and eventually had surgery last August to remove some bone chips. He should be ready to go by spring time.

The M’s paid him 1.5 million plus some hefty incentives that could have taken him over 7.5 million or so, plus there was an $ 8 million option that they obviously declined. I’d take a flyer on him, and bet that he has a better shot at lasting a full season in the rotation than Coke.

If you survived 2003, you can get through this!

by Tigerdog1 on Dec 2, 2010 2:03 PM EST reply actions