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Tigers, Zimmermann near $110 million deal

The Sports Xchange

November 29, 2015 at 3:16 pm.

Jordan Zimmermann was lights out against the Braves. (Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports)

Jordan Zimmermann was lights out against the Braves. (Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports)

From Max Scherzer’s shadow to his old address, starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann is leaving the Washington Nationals for a chance to be the ace of the staff in Detroit.

Zimmermann is scheduled to take a physical and join the Tigers on a five-year, $110 million contract and take a spot near the top of a rotation that subtracted Scherzer and David Price in the past two seasons.

The Nationals offered Zimmermann a new deal late in the regular season, but he wanted to test the market, just as Scherzer did last winter not long after the strikeout machine shook off Detroit’s $144 million offer in 2014. He wound up topping that deal by a total of $66 million with the Nationals, though the contract is payable over 15 years.

Zimmermann, 29, is the first pitcher to get a deal worth $100 million or more after having Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery (2009).
He has a 70-50 career record and 3.32 earned run average. In 2015, Zimmermann posted a 13-10 record with 164 strikeouts and 3.66 ERA.

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