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Hot Stove: Agent confirms Anibal Sanchez will return to Tigers for 5 years, $80M 12.14.12 at 10:56 am ET
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Anibal Sanchez will be back with the Tigers. (AP)

Right-handed pitcher Anibal Sanchez reached agreement to return to the Tigers on a five-year, $80 million contract, his agent told ESPN on Friday morning. Agent Gene Mato confirmed that the free agent will stay in Detroit, following reports a day earlier that Sanchez had a deal with the Cubs for six years and $147 million.

Sanchez, a former Red Sox minor leaguer who was traded by Boston to the Marlins in 2005 along with Hanley Ramirez for Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell, was shipped from Miami to Detroit shortly before the trade deadline this past July.

In Detroit, Sanchez went 4-6 with a 3.74 ERA and 57 strikeouts against 15 walks in 74 2/3 innings. In seven major league seasons, Sanchez has a 48-51 record with a 3.74 ERA and 733 strikeouts vs. 320 walks in 869 innings.

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  • Jaime29

    This is really out of hand. $16 million a year for him. Ridiculous!!

  • Bruinman86

    I moved on a day after it happened. Sure hope everyone else does as well. It’s over. We now move forward.

    • Uncle Buck

      Most fans did. You can count on the haters and local trolls to eat this up forever though. They thrive on this stuff.

      • fab4ever

        Like the sun rising and setting, count on it. And you can also set your clock to when the posts will catalog each and every good catch he makes in Denver….

      • Johnny Spygate

        You’re right. It was just “the trolls” who thought this was a bad move. You sound cranky. Put on your Pat Patriots PJ’s and go take a nap.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, and he never commented on Rex Ryan’s feet either…

  • Everyone

    Shut up please you big game momentum killer. You and Peyton should make great choke partners.

  • football wizard

    loved him while was here. now he is the “opposition”, plain and simple. As a fan you can ONLY wish a guy of his class and abilty and toughness well. when he is not facing the pats or a team that will affect our playoff hopes, i’ll be as solid a supporter as a Broncos fan. ON THE OTHER HAND, should he get to the playoffs or even a superbowl w/ Peyton, i would urge him NOT to go to him if the game is on the line and you need a critical catch or score and u have one shot at it. Welker will carry that with him for ther rest of his football career. He cannot be counted on to be the go to reciever to win the BIG ONE. I’ll bet on it.

  • http://twitter.com/elsquibbs Squibbs

    He doesn’t owe an explanation to anybody. I liked him while he was here, but he is now gone.

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