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Tigers Nearing Deal With Joaquin Benoit

By Tim Dierkes | November 16, 2010 at 9:26am CDT

The Tigers are nearing a three-year deal with reliever Joaquin Benoit, reports Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.  Morosi tweets that the contract "is in [the] final stages of discussion."     

Benoit signed a minor league deal with the Rays in February and was one of baseball's best bargains.  The righty posted a 1.34 ERA, 11.2 K/9, 1.6 BB/9, 0.9 HR/9, and 38.9% groundball rate in 60 1/3 innings.  The 33-year-old was available cheaply because he was coming off rotator cuff surgery performed in January of 2009.  This time around, the Tigers had to pay full sticker price.

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  1. shysox

    13 years ago

    Well, I guess the Tigers are actually being serious about this playoff thing.

    Reply
    • wickedkevin

      13 years ago

      “Playoffs?! Don’t talk about playoffs! Are you kidding me? Playoffs?! I’m just hoping we can win a game, another game!”

      Reply
      • Slopeboy

        13 years ago

        You deserve a cold beer!

        Reply
  2. tigers22

    13 years ago

    Nice… been saying he’d be a great addition, but didn’t really think it would happen!

    Reply
  3. Brian Melton

    13 years ago

    Hurts to be a Rays fan today…

    Reply
    • dc21892

      13 years ago

      Not trying to be a dbag(not sure if you’re a Rays fan or you’re just saying it), but it’s going to be a rough offseason for them.

      Reply
  4. RiverKKiller999

    13 years ago

    Choke artist…..

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  5. Motor_City_Bombshell

    13 years ago

    I love this. Thank you DD for actually deciding that Joel Zumaya was not going to be a feasible option for a setup guy!!

    Reply
  6. Pawsdeep

    13 years ago

    This makes a lot of sense. Not too expensive for what your getting, shouldn’t be too long of a contract and a great bullpen arm. Seeing as how the bullpen only needs some minor adjustments and tweaking this would be another step in the right direction for the offseason.

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  7. Steveospeak

    13 years ago

    Good signing by the Tigers, anything reliever that doesn’t cost them a pick makes sense since they will likely go after one of the big bats.

    Reply
  8. dc21892

    13 years ago

    This is a great addition for the Tigers. Now they need to start looking at some bats and another arm or two.

    Reply
  9. Rays fan 95

    13 years ago

    Too bad… I thought we could atleast keep him if nobody else and make him the closer 🙁

    Reply
  10. JHicks

    13 years ago

    Nice addition to the bullpen… now let’s trade for Justin Upton!

    Reply
    • ToledoFan

      13 years ago

      Pass on Upton. The Dbacks are gonna ask the world for him, I don’t know about giving up Turner and Oliver and a couple other quality players for a guy we can just buy on the FA market (Crawford/Werth)

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  11. penpaper

    13 years ago

    This could be good or bad depending on the details. If its cheap, no doubt its a great deal. This is bonafide shutdown reliever. If its a large multiyear deal, then the Tigers might make a mistake. I know they lost plenty of relievers but I would figure they’ll go after Vmart first.

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    • ToledoFan

      13 years ago

      The big name FA’s won’t start signing till after the deadline for arbitration has passed. I think its around NOV 24th?

      Reply
  12. ToledoFan

    13 years ago

    Good job Tigers. Now go out and get a quality lefty reliever and the BP should be pretty solid.

    Closer: Valverde
    RH Setup: Perry & Benoit
    LH Setup: TBD
    Lefty special: Schlereth
    Righty: Zumaya (if healthy)/Weinhardt
    Long Relief : Whoever dosen’t make the rotation next year, thinking Galaragga if the Tigers aquire a starter and move Coke to the rotation.

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    • YODA777

      13 years ago

      It would be nice if Oliver or Furbush emerged in ST to earn a spot in the rotation, leaving Coke in the pen. I still hold out hope that Crosby will find his mojo and become a part of the Tiger rotation by 2012 along with Turner. Sign Dunn, resign Maggs to an incentive laden contract with easy reachables and possibly toss some cash at V-mart and this team is looking good. I have a feeling that one of Wells, Boesch, or Strieby will emerge to take the LF spot. The offense would be pretty good; however, it will need to be because the defense will be hurting lol.

      Reply
  13. $1742854

    13 years ago

    This smells like a Scott Linebrink contract waiting to happen.

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