Tigers Sign Percival

The Detroit Tigers opened the hotstove offseason by signing former Angels' closer Troy Percival to a two year deal worth about 12 million. Percival had a 2.90 ERA and recorded 33 saves last season as the Angels' closer. Percival is 35 years old but he can still pitch good. The Tigers might have overspent on this guy, but he is still a quality pitcher. The Tigers will now probably try to trade Ugueth Urbina. Urbina was their closer last year and he did a good job. The Tigers had just picked up his option for this season and now they will either trade him or maybe use him as a setup man for Percival. This was a good signing for the Tigers. It was nice to see them open up their wallet a little. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come for the rest of the offseason.

Here are Percival's 10 year stats while with the Angels.
Games:579
Win and Loss Record:29-38
Saves:316
Blown Saves:50
Earned Run Average:2.99

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