Tigers reach deals with Porcello, Coke
DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a 3.1 million contract with right-hander Rick Porcello and a 1.1 million deal with left-hander Phil Coke, avoiding arbitration with both pitchers.
The team announced the one-year agreements Monday.
Porcello started 31 games last season for the AL Central champions, going 14-9 with a 4.75 ERA in a career-high 182 innings. The 23-year...
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28 days ago
Tigers agree to terms with RHP Porcello, LHP Coke
The Detroit Tigers avoided arbitration by reaching one-year deals with righthander Rick Porcello and lefthander Phil Coke on Monday.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Porcello, 23, posted a 14-9 mark with a 4.75 ERA in a career-high 182 innings last season for the AL Central champion Tigers.
Coke, 29, shifted from the starting rotation to the bullpen and finished the campaign...
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Tigers Avoid Arbitration With Rick Porcello
The Tigers avoided arbitration with starter Rick Porcello, MLBTR has learned, agreeing to a one-year deal worth $3.1MM.
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2011 TigsTown Player Capsule: Rick Porcello
It was another frustrating year for Rick Porcello, as he improved in a number of key areas on the mound, and yet when it came to actual production, his ERA remained high for the second straight season. Can Porcello turn the corner and become a go-to starter?
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January 13, 2012
Rick Porcello: Could This be the Year?
Rick Porcello 4.75 ERA in 2011
On Tuesday October 6, 2009 Rick Porcello pitches five and two-third innings of one run baseball for The Detroit Tigers during game 163 against the Minnesota Twins. Although the Tigers lost the game, it was a great way to end his rookie campaign. Nobody knew who this 20-year-old sinker baller was at the start of the season, but everyone knew at the end...
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January 11, 2012
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January 11, 2012
MLB News: Tigers Porcello Exercises Right to Opt Out
Rick Porcello will enter the arbitration process for the first time in 2012.23 year old Rick Porcello has decided to opt out of his contract with the Detroit Tigers and try his hand at the arbitration process. Porcello is a super two player and stands to receive a considerable raise from the $1.34 million contract he had in place for 2012 before opting out. Porcello was 14-9 with...
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January 06, 2012
Porcello Might Be Trade Bait
According to reports over the past few weeks, the Cubs may be looking to part with starting pitcher Matt Garza who went 10-10 with a 3.32 ERA and 197 strikeouts in 2011.
Jon Heyman of SI.com tweets that in return for Garza, the Cubs will more than likely want young starting pitching in return which seems to be the case with any potential trade.
Earlier in the week, it was...
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December 29, 2011
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December 29, 2011
Tigers' Porcello can boast Super Two status
While Rick Porcello hasn't yet lived up to being the top-of-the-rotation arm many Tigers fans hoped for when he was drafted in 2007, the right-hander has been designated a "Super Two" player.
Via Lions Blog
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December 24, 2011
Five Keys for Rick Porcello’s Success
When Rick Porcello came up in 2009, he took the Detroit Tigers and everyone by suprise. Pitching in the big leagues before he was 21 Porcello was so good he earned himself a start in the biggest game of the year, which was game 163. In his first season he would pitch himself to a respectable 14-9 record with a 3.96 ERA, and would finish third in the Rookie of the year voting.
Over...
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September 02, 2011
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September 02, 2011
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