They were two of the biggest stars in baseball, and the Detroit Tigers ensured they didn't get away.
"I want to finish my career here," Miguel Cabrera told reporters when he signed an eight-year, $248 million deal in the spring of 2014.
"Once we started contract talks, I wanted to stay in Detroit, and I wasn't shy about saying that," Justin Verlander told reporters after signing a seven-year, $180 million deal a year earlier. "I think it all worked out."
Or did it?
The Tigers spent a decade winning around Cabrera and Verlander, teaming one of the game's most feared hitters with one of the most dominant pitchers.