Jan
24
2012

Prince Fielder Is Heading To Motor City, Signs $214MM Deal With Tigers

An article by Craig Lerner

Prince Fielder has finally found a new home and it’s one that he is very familiar should be familiar with. The all-star first baseman has signed a nine year, $214MM contract to play for the Detroit Tigers, where he once roamed around by his father’s side as a 12-year old.

The contract is the fourth largest deal in baseball history in terms of total dollars behind Alex Rodriguez’s two historic deals and Albert Pujols’ mega-deal with the Angels last month.

Fielder’s contract will pay him an average annual value of $23.78MM which he will receive until he is 36 years old.

Fielder is expected to play first base which will mean more DH time for Miguel Cabrera and possibly some games at his former position, third base.

The former Brewers slugger batted .299 with a .566 slugging percentage last season and has averaged 37 homers and 106 RBI the last six years. He has also finished in the top five in MVP balloting three times in the past five seasons.

About the Author: Craig Lerner

I'm a data analyst and researcher for a leading news agency who loves life and is hooked on the Mets. I love following the Amateur Draft and have a particular fondness for the Mets Minor Leagues who I follow each day. Give me a cold beer, a summer day, and a Mets game, and I'm good to go.

5 Comments + Add Comment

srt January 24, 2012 at 5:21 pm

Good. Since we certainly weren’t signing him, I was hoping he didn’t sign with the Nats – or any NL east team. Actually the AL is even better.
Trade Wright for Nolan Arenado January 24, 2012 at 7:25 pm

9 year deal for a nearly 300 pounder. Seems a tad much, but the guy is a beast, so, you figure if he can keep his weight under control and give 6 monster years out of the 9 year deal and help put the Tigers in position to be champs, then its a good deal. Glad he won’t be in Washington for the next decade.
86mets January 24, 2012 at 9:34 pm

Pretty cool that he’ll play for his old man’s old team with Miguel Cabrera to team up with. Never thought Detroit was a contender for him, but I guess they thought he might be a tad more productive than, say, Hideki Matsui or Johnny Damon! Glad he isn’t going to be wearing Nats threads now!
Metstheory22 January 25, 2012 at 9:08 am

There is always a sucker for Boras to go to. He will not finish contract.
Hitman January 25, 2012 at 3:33 pm

Wow…and just to think that last night, I had a conversation about Prince with one of my friends about him following his dad’s footsteps, going to the Tigers. Thought it would be them or the Rangers. Makes sense he’d go to an AL team since he can convert to DH once he’s unable to cut it at 1st anymore. Add to the fact that Detroit lost V-Mart for most of next season so they needed someone of Prince’s caliber.

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