The Tigers will give Rick Porcello a four-year, $7.3 million contract before Wednesday's deadline to sign draft pick.
That's quite a sum.
On merit alone, Porcello probably would have gone second or third in the 2007 draft.
However, his expected bonus demands allowed him to fall to Detroit with the 27th pick.
The high school right-hander has drawn comparisons to Josh Beckett.
The contract will be the biggest ever guaranteed to a high school player signed out of the draft, and one of the largest for any draft player.
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