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  <title>Verlander signs $3.675 deal with Tigers</title>
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          <body>that's plenty of cash for a dude who lost 17 games the previous season.  give me 17 starts and i could do the same.</body>
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        <quoted-text>that's plenty of cash for a dude who lost 17 games the previous season.  give me 17 starts and i could do the same.</quoted-text>
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        <body>$5 says YOU could do it with less than 10...</body>
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        <body>The tigers should seriously consider moving Verlander to the closer role. He would excel at that.</body>
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        <body>Maybe he can be this years Bonderman</body>
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        <body>WOW what a dea! They should have tried to lock the rubber arm youngster up for a few more at a slightly higher salary.</body>
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        <body>that's plenty of cash for a dude who lost 17 games the previous season.  give me 17 starts and i could do the same.</body>
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        <body>good now all we need is to lock him down for the next 3-4 years... low risk high reward.</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Justin Verlander&lt;/strong&gt; signed a one-year deal for $3.675 million, avoiding arbitration, SI.com has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Verlander was asking for $4.15 million in arbitration, while the Tigers were offering $3.2 million.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 25-year-old hurler racked up 35 wins and a no-hitter in his first two major-league seasons, but he struggled mightily in 2008, going 11-17 with a 4.84 ERA.&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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