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Tigers’ Verlander gets $80M, 5-year deal

Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander(notes), left, listens to team president and general manager Dave Dombrowski during a news conference in Detroit, on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Verlander and the Tigers finalized an $80 million, five-year contract on Thursday, a deal that avoids a salary arbitration heading. Verlander's deal includes a $500,000 signing bonus, $6.75 million this season, $12.75 million next year and $20 million in each of the following three seasons.

Justin Verlander likely would have earned a nine-figure contract if was able to stay healthy and successful for two more seasons. Instead, Verlander agreed to an $80 million, five-year deal to stay with the Detroit Tigers. “It wasn’t very tempting, to be honest,” he insisted Thursday after the contract was finalized.

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