Tigers sign Miner, Galarraga to one-year contracts

Tigers sign Miner, Galarraga to one-year contracts

By JON PAUL MOROSI • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • March 1, 2009

LAKELAND, Fla. – The Tigers recently agreed to one-year deals with right-handers Zach Miner and Armando Galarraga, among others, leaving only a handful of Detroit major leaguers without signed contracts for the year.

Miner will earn $437,500 if he spends the entire 2009 season in the big leagues. Galarraga is set to make $435,000 if he does the same.

Galarraga had better statistics than Miner last season – he led the team with 13 victories – but Miner has roughly one more year of big-league service. That’s one significant reason why Miner is set to earn more than Galarraga in 2009.

Signings such as these are fairly routine at this time of year. Teams have until March 11 to renew the contracts of players already on the 40-man roster.

It has been about 11 months since the Tigers signed a player (Miguel Cabrera) to a multiyear contract.

This year, the minimum salary is $400,000 for players who spend the entire season in the major leagues. Many players in the farm system who are not on the 40-man roster will earn around $10,000 this year – 2.5% of the minimum big-league salary, in other words – as per the scale throughout organized baseball.

Thats it? Just one year?

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This year, the minimum salary is $400,000 for players who spend the entire season in the major leagues. Many players in the farm system who are not on the 40-man roster will earn around $10,000 this year

That stinks to be a minor league player! Yet the Tigers are paying Rick Porcello $1.2 mil for 2009!

From Detroit Tigers Gameday Press pass
dated Monday, March 2, 2009

TIGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FIVE PLAYERS: The Tigers today announced the club has agreed to terms with the five players on contracts for the 2009 season: righthanded pitchers Armando Galarraga and Zach Miner, infielders Mike Hessman and Jeff Larish and outfielder Clete Thomas. With today’s signings, all players on the club’s 40-man roster are under contract for the 2009 season.

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

From Detroit Tigers Gameday Press pass
dated Monday, March 2, 2009

TIGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FIVE PLAYERS: The Tigers today announced the club has agreed to terms with the five players on contracts for the 2009 season: righthanded pitchers Armando Galarraga and Zach Miner, infielders Mike Hessman and Jeff Larish and outfielder Clete Thomas. With today’s signings, all players on the club’s 40-man roster are under contract for the 2009 season.

If I lived in Toledo I would rent a room to a Mud Hens player...that stinks beyond belief to make only $10K!

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

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This year, the minimum salary is $400,000 for players who spend the entire season in the major leagues. Many players in the farm system who are not on the 40-man roster will earn around $10,000 this year

That stinks to be a minor league player! Yet the Tigers are paying Rick Porcello $1.2 mil for 2009!

they want him DEARLY for next year! Thinking a downpayment, I guess!

laprimamirala wrote:

If I lived in Toledo I would rent a room to a Mud Hens player...that stinks beyond belief to make only $10K!