Paul Sewald

[Peter Welch]

The Tigers picked up an injured Paul Sewald at the deadline last season.  He ended pitching in only 4 games for the Tigers.  The Tigers didn't bother re-signing him, but now he's Arizona's closer and has 17 saves and opponents are only hitting .138 against him.  He signed with the D-Backs for 1-year, $1.5 million.

Sewald is 36 so he's no spring chicken, but the Tigers decided instead to sign 38-year-old Kenley Jansen instead for $9 million (with a team option for $12 million)

I'm not saying the Tigers should have re-signed Sewald (he looked kind of cooked last year and he was 35), but it's just the Tigers' luck that Sewald is having a decent season and Jansen has been bad, or at least mediocre at best.  Sigh.

Sewald will be 37 next year so Scott Harris will probably sign him.

Peter

[Roger King]

To add insult to injury, I'm pretty sure the Tigers had to pay Sewald $1 million to buy him out at the start of the season (or in the off-season).

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