Drafted Players

• Jacob Turner (1st round, 2009)
• Ryan Perry (1st round, 2008)
• Rick Porcello (1st round, 2007)
• Justin Verlander (1st round, 2004)
• Jay Sborz (2nd round, 2002)
• Brandon Inge (2nd round, 1998)
• Brennan Boesch (3rd round, 2006)
• Ryan Strieby (4th round, 2006)
• Alex Avila (5th round, 2008)
• Scott Sizemore (5th round, 2006)
• Jeff Larish (5th round, 2005)
• Ryan Raburn (5th round, 2001)
• Clete Thomas (6th round, 2005)
• Brent Dlugach (6th round, 2004)
• Joel Zumaya (11th round, 2002)
• Casper Wells (14th round, 2005)
• Casey Fien (20th round, 2006)

Free Agents

• Brad Thomas (signed 12/8/09)
• Don Kelly (signed 1/16/09)
• Fu-Te Ni (signed 1/13/09)
• Ramon Santiago (signed 1/4/06)
• Bobby Seay (signed 11/22/05)
• Alfredo Figaro (signed 3/7/05)
• Audy Ciriaco (signed 2/16/05)
• Magglio Ordonez (signed 2/7/05)
• Wilkin Ramirez (signed 2/5/03)

In addition to those above, Eddie Bonine was acquired via the minor league phase of the rule 5 draft of 2005, selected from the San Diego Padres.

Trades

The following players were brought in by trade, we will take a look at what had to happen to bring each player in to Detroit, and how the Tigers got the players that were dealt away to get the current players.

Armando Galarraga

• 3/17/06- Detroit signs OF Micheal Hernandez as non-drafted free agent.
• 2/5/08- DET trades Hernandez to TEX for Galarraga

Dan Schlereth/Max Scherzer/Austin Jackson/Phil Coke

• 6/4/02- DET selects OF Curtis Granderson in 3rd round of draft, player signed 6/28/02
• 6/7/05- DET selects OF Matt Joyce in 12th round of draft, player signed 6/16/05
• 12/10/08- DET trades Joyce to TB for RHP Edwin Jackson
• 12/9/09- DET trades Jackson to AZ and Granderson to NYY in 3 team trade, Detroit recieves RHP Max Scherzer and LHP Dan Schlereth from AZ, LHP Phil Coke and CF Austin Jackson from NYY

Gerald Laird

• 1/16/03- DET signs P Guillermo Moscoso as amateur free agent
• 7/11/07- DET signs P Carlos Melo as amateur free agent
• 12/8/08- DET trades Melo and Moscoso to TEX for Laird

Carlos Guillen

• 7/28/98- DET signs SS Ramon Santiago as amateur free agent
• 1/29/99- DET signs INF Juan Gonzalez as amateur free agent
• 1/8/04- DET trades Santiago and Gonzalez to SEA for Guillen

Jeremy Bonderman

• 6/7/98- DET selects RHP Jeff Weaver in 1st round of draft, player signed 8/1/98
• 7/5/02- DET trades Weaver to NYY as part of three team trade, NYY sends three players including Ted Lilly to OAK, OAK sends 1B Carlos Pena, RHP Franklyn German and a PTBNL to DET
• 8/22/02- OAK sends Bonderman to DET to complete trade

Miguel Cabrera/Dontrelle Willis

• 6/5/01- DET selects C Mike Rabelo in 4th round of draft, player signed 6/20/01
• 9/6/01- DET signs RHP Eulogio de la Cruz as amateur free agent
• 6/7/04- DET selects P Dallas Trahern in 34th round of draft, player signed 7/10/04
• 6/6/05- DET selects OF Cameron Maybin in 1st round of draft, player signed 9/1/05
• 6/6/05- DET selects P Burke Badenhop in 19th round of draft, player signed 6/13/05
• 6/6/06- DET selects LHP Andrew Miller in 1st round of draft, player signed 8/8/06
• 12/4/07- DET trades de la Cruz, Rabelo, Trahern, Maybin, Badenhop, and Miller to FLA for Cabrera and Willis

Zach Miner

• 12/5/00- DET signs 1B Randall Simon as free agent
• 6/4/02- DET selects 3B Scott Moore in 1st round of draft
• 6/4/02- DET selects OF Bo Flowers in 5th round of draft
• 11/25/02- DET trades Simon to PIT for Adrian Burnside and PTBNL
• 12/16/02- PIT sends P Roberto Novoa to DET to complete Simon trade
• 2/9/05- DET trades Novoa, Moore, and Flowers to CHC for RHP Kyle Farnsworth
• 7/31/05- DET trades Farnsworth to ATL for Miner and RHP Roman Colon

Nate Robertson (this one is fun)

• 1/80- DET selects 1B Mike Laga in 1st round of January draft
• 2/14/85- DET signs P Ken Hill as amateur free agent
• 8/10/86- DET trades Laga and Hill to STL for C Mike Heath
• 6/1/88- DET selects C Rich Rowland in 17th round of draft, player signed 6/4/88
• 7/5/89- DET signs P Jose Lima as amateur free agent
• 1/22/91- Heath signs as free agent with ATL
• 6/3/91- DET selects P Trever Miller in 1st round of draft as compensation pick for losing Heath to free agency, player signed 6/6/91
• 6/1/92- DET selects INF Chris Gomez in 3rd round of draft, player signed 6/6/92
• 4/3/93- DET signs P David Wells as free agent
• 4/1/94- DET trades Rowland to BOS for C John Flaherty
• 6/7/94- DET selects 1B Daryle Ward in 15th round of draft, player signed 6/14/94
• 7/31/95- DET trades Wells to CIN for Dave Tuttle (minors), LHP C. J. Nitkowski, and a PTBNL (Mark Lewis)
• 6/18/96- DET trades Flaherty and Gomez to SD for Russ Spear (minors), C Brad Ausmus, and SS Andujar Cedeno
• 12/10/96- DET trades Ward, Ausmus, Lima, Miller, and Nitkowski to HOU for cash, SS Orlando Miller, OF Brain Hunter, RHP Doug Brocail, and RHP Todd Jones
• 6/2/99- DET selects RHP Jarrod Fuell in 10th round of draft
• 7/28/01- DET trades Jones to MIN for LHP Mark Redman
• 1/11/03- DET trades Redman and Fuell to FLA for P Rob Henkel, P Gary Knotts, and P Nate Robertson