**The MLB Thread**

[Verlander]

I wish I would've gone to Tigerfest this year. I went last year and it was too ****ing cold //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

Hard to tell, but it seems like he has lost weight.

he looks thinner

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Sources: Tigers sign Robertson to 3-year dealBy Ken Rosenthal

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.

Updated: January 16, 2008, 12:05 PM EST

The Tigers have signed left-hander Nate Robertson to a three-year, $21.25 million contract, according to major-league sources.

Robertson, 30, will earn $4.25 million next season, $7 million in 2009 and $10 million in '10. The salary in his final year will increase to $11 million if he pitches 400 innings combined in '08 and '09 or 200 innings in '09.

The Tigers plan to announce the signing Wednesday afternoon.

Robertson was eligible for free agency after the 2009 season; the Tigers bought out his remaining years of salary arbitration and one year of free agency.

The Tigers acquired Robertson from the Marlins in a five-player trade that sent lefty Mark Redman to Florida on Jan. 11, 2003.

Robertson averaged just over 200 innings per season from 2004 to '06 before dropping to 177 2/3 last season after missing nearly three weeks in June with a tired arm.

He is 42-55 lifetime with a 4.60 ERA.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7683750#

Yep, well worth every penny. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[Verlander]

Yep, well worth every penny. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Name me better starters for the money //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I don't have that kind of time on my hands, lol!

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Remember you had him higher in the rotation if Sabathia was on your roster, lol!

 

[Verlander]

I don't have that kind of time on my hands, lol!

LMAO you make statements, then don't bother to support your claims. You're such a tool //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[Verlander]

Remember you had him higher in the rotation if Sabathia was on your roster, lol!

No I didn't.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

LMAO you make statements, then don't bother to support your claims. You're such a tool //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Are you serious? There are a shit ton other pitchers out there that are better for that kind of money.

 

[Verlander]

If Carlos Silva is worth 12 million per, then Robertson is worth 7 million per. Besides Robertson would've made over 5 million in arbitration. Detroit bought out his arbitration years and essentially signed him to a one year extension.

 

[Verlander]

Are you serious? There are a shit ton other pitchers out there that are better for that kind of money.

Then name them assmitten.

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

lol assmitten

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

I think its a fair price considering the money these crappy starters are getting nowadays

 

[Verlander]

lol assmitten

Every time I see him post, I'm reminded of you calling him an assmitten //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

I think its a fair price considering the money these crappy starters are getting nowadays

If Silva and Meche, who have similar career numbers, can get $11 million +, Robertson is worth 7 million.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

If Carlos Silva is worth 12 million per, then Robertson is worth 7 million per. Besides Robertson would've made over 5 million in arbitration. Detroit bought out his arbitration years and essentially signed him to a one year extension.

Carlos Silva sucks and if he did get that much, then someone is really retarded. I would even take Roberts over that suckass.