NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It took 10 years, but Mike Pelfrey is a Tiger.
A decade after the New York Mets snatched the right-hander one pick ahead of them in the draft and two days after it was reported the team agreed on a two-year, $16-million contract with the veteran starter, the Tigers officially announced the signing upon their arrival at the winter meetings Sunday.
“This was one of my top places to be,” Pelfrey said, speaking through assistant general manager David Chadd’s speaker phone inside the Tigers’ suite at the Opryland Hotel and Resort. “When I told my agent I was interested in them and I found out they called, I told them, ‘Hey, let’s get this done.