The Detroit Tigers non-tendered long-time third baseman Jeimer Candelario ten days ago after failing to agree on a one-year deal in his final year of arbitration. As reports surfaced indicating that the club had tried to negotiate a deal for less than the $7 million Candelario was expected to receive in arbitration, it became clear that a reunion was almost certainly off the table. That view proved accurate, as Candelario agreed to a one-year deal with the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.
The terms of the contact are not yet available as of this writing, but we’ll presume the deal is for something like $5 million, perhaps with some incentives mixed in.