Tigers re-signed 3B Brandon Inge to a two-year, $11.5 million contract with a club option for 2013.
He'll make $5.5 million in each of the next two seasons. The club holds a $6 million option for 2013 or a $500,000 buyout. Inge, who turns 34 next May, batted .247/.321/.397 with 13 homers and 70 RBI this season, which is no great shakes, but he continues to be one of the better fielding third basemen in the major leagues. It's not surprising to see him stay in Detroit, but the signing takes away one potential destination for impending free agent Adrian Beltre.