Today I have both MLB and Tigers news. On Sunday the Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals made a big trade with Tampa sending pitchers James Shields, Wade Davis and a player to be named later to Kansas City in exchange for outfield prospect Wil Myers, pitchers Jake Odorizzi and Mike Montgomery and third baseman Patrick Leonard.
Yesterday I mentioned that Anibal Sanchez and a few other pitchers are waiting for Zach Greinke to sign before finalizing their own contracts, well, today was the day. The Los Angeles Dodgers officially announced the signing of former American League Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke to a six-year, $147 million contract on Monday. The deal ranks as the highest annual salary ever given to a pitcher and is second behind only CC Sabathia's 7-year, $161 million deal with the Yankees the largest given to a pitcher. Greinke joins a deep rotation for the deep-pocketed Dodgers that's headlined by 2011 NL Cy Young recipient Clayton Kershaw and three-time All-Star Josh Beckett, and also now includes highly regarded South Korean lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu, whom the team formally signed to a six-year contract on Sunday. The move also pushes Los Angeles' projected payroll for the 2013 season above $225 million, which would be the highest in MLB history. It will be interesting to see how this signing will effect the other free agent pitchers. The Tigers announced the signing of catcher Brayan Pena to a one-year contract on Monday.
Pena had spent the past four seasons with Kansas City. The switch-hitting catcher has a lifetime average of .248 with 14 homeruns in 335 games. Last year with the Royals he hit .236 with two homers and a career high 25 RBI's. Pena is the favorite to backup Alex Avila this season. "We are pleased to add an experienced catcher like Brayan Pena to our club," Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said. "As a switch- hitter, he will serve as a solid complement to Alex Avila as our backup catcher for the 2013 season."
Yesterday I mentioned that Anibal Sanchez and a few other pitchers are waiting for Zach Greinke to sign before finalizing their own contracts, well, today was the day. The Los Angeles Dodgers officially announced the signing of former American League Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke to a six-year, $147 million contract on Monday. The deal ranks as the highest annual salary ever given to a pitcher and is second behind only CC Sabathia's 7-year, $161 million deal with the Yankees the largest given to a pitcher. Greinke joins a deep rotation for the deep-pocketed Dodgers that's headlined by 2011 NL Cy Young recipient Clayton Kershaw and three-time All-Star Josh Beckett, and also now includes highly regarded South Korean lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu, whom the team formally signed to a six-year contract on Sunday. The move also pushes Los Angeles' projected payroll for the 2013 season above $225 million, which would be the highest in MLB history. It will be interesting to see how this signing will effect the other free agent pitchers. The Tigers announced the signing of catcher Brayan Pena to a one-year contract on Monday.
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