I am a little biased but think Rajai will be a good fit. I played with and against him as a youth and teen. He is good dude.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Detroit Tigers have found an outfielder to platoon with Andy Dirks in left field. It's Rajai Davis.
Davis has agreed to terms on a two-year contract with the Tigers, Ben Nicholson-Smith of sportsnet.ca reported early Tuesday. Details of the agreement have not been disclosed, but FOX Sports' Jon Paul Morosi
said the deal is worth between $9 or $10 million total.
Smith
was the first to report the Tigers' interest in Davis, who has yet to take his physical, late Monday.
A 10-year veteran, Davis spent the past three seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays. He batted .260 with six homers and 45 stolen bases last year, and has played in at least 95 games each of the past five years.
The addition of Davis gives the Tigers a right-handed bat to start in left field when the team is slated to face a left-handed starting pitcher. He's expected to split playing time with Dirks, who struggled during the 2013 season after posting solid numbers in 2012.
Davis, who reportedly garnered significant attention from the Minnesota Twins the past few days, is a lifetime .268 hitter who has hit .294 with a .354 on-base percentage in his career against southpaws. He's a career .255 batter against righties.
Davis' arrival essentially gives the Tigers another leadoff option and reinforces the club's commitment to adding speed on the basepaths this offseason. At 33 years old, he has 268 career stolen bases, and has swiped 41-plus bases in four of his last five seasons.
With Davis now on board, it appears the Tigers are set as far as addressing position players, and it means the club is extremely unlikely to pursue highly touted free agent Shin-Soo Choo, who is expected to garner a contract that could exceed $150 million