Article: Baseball roundup: Rodriguez will return to Tigers

DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers decided Ivan Rodriguez was worth another $13 million.

The Tigers exercised an option yesterday on the All-Star catcher's contract, retaining him for a fifth season at a hefty price.

"This was a major decision and yet once the season ended, it became an easy one because we still think he's one of the top catchers overall in the game," Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said in an interview with The Associated Press.

The Tigers could have bought Rodriguez out of the last year of his deal for $3 million, but they didn't like the prospect of not having him behind the plate next year.

"People just throw around other options like you can get ...

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