More ground-outs than any other 2 Cubs combined is a bad stat though, especially when there will likley be guys on base when he's up.

It is also concerning that his power really fell off the cliff after the steroids testing was announced. .499 slugging to .400 in one year and serious drop in HR's.

He did his .332 after the all-star break last year, so that would have really helped us. And from what I can tell, he is a great fielder with an average arm.

And like you said, he IS a lefty.

In these deals you can't be 100% sure of what you're getting as it is. As I've said we'll see it all play out and be able to make a judgement once the season gets under way.

Shows you how desperate the Tigers are with regard to pitching:

ESPN - Rogers agrees to one-year contract with Detroit - MLB

I would have thrown the bank at Johan Santana. Why let the Yankees and Sox have all the fun and success.

He is still a lot better than Jamie Moyer who at 44, which is older than Rogers, won 14 games last year.

My guess is that it is an incentive laden contract.

If Rogers is healthy, he should be able to win at least a dozen games in 2008 and probably more.

ESPN - Jamie Moyer Stats, News, Photos - Philadelphia Phillies - MLB Baseball

It better be.

According to reports $8 million base (don't know if it is guaranteed) plus $2 million incentive.

He should be paid $500K for each win.

That is probably why he dumped his agent.

That's exactly what it looked like. In the beginning Rogers said that he's only planning on playing with Tigers. Then Boras showed up and everything went down the hill. Then Rogers fired Boras and everything is peachy again.