Justin Verlander likely would have earned a nine-figure contract if he was able to stay healthy and successful for two more seasons. Instead, Verlander agreed to an $80 million, five-year deal to stay with the Detroit Tigers. "It wasn't very tempting, to be honest," he ...

The Detroit Tigers inked manager Jim Leyland to a two-year contract extension on Friday that will take him through the 2011 season. "It's extremely well deserved," Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said. Leyland, 64, is in his fourth season with Detroit and was in the final year of his current contract. "I'm thrilled they want me ...

The Detroit Tigers compiled a list of candidates to bolster their bullpen this offseason. "It's been in my pocket all winter," team president Dave Dombrowski said Saturday. The list is now filed away because the Tigers and right-handed pitcher Brandon Lyon agreed to a $4 ...

Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski wasted little time on the opening day of baseball's winter meetings in taking care of one of the Tigers' biggest needs. The Tigers acquired catcher Gerald Laird from the Rangers on Monday in a trade that sent right-handed pitching prospects Guillermo Moscoso ...