In one of the more surprising signings in modern baseball history, the Detroit Tigers agreed to sign free agent Prince Fielder to a nine-year, $214 million dollar contract. This is according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com via Twitter.

Fielder who is the son of famed Tiger Cecil Fielder will be in Detroit until he is at least 36 years of age for an annual salary of $23.78 million dollars.

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