Supposedly he’s scheduled to appear at 4:50 pm ET. I would imagine Guitar Hero will come up, but I’m not sure.

Take into account the free-agent class of pitchers this offseason (and the Tigers certainly had to in their negotiations), and Jeremy Bonderman’s contract looks like a very good signing. The trick to consider is that it’s almost like two different pay scales — one for the two years of arbitration Bonderman had left before he could become a free agent, and another for the two years after that. Bonderman will make $25 million over the final two years of the deal, and that’s not just backloading.

While the Tigers can now count on Bonderman under contract through 2010, Bonderman gains some security on his side. Remember, he had a scare with a sore elbow down the stretch in 2005, and while it turned out to be a minor injury, it showed the risks that a pitcher can face. Put that pitcher on the cusp of free agency, and it becomes an even bigger deal. Bonderman takes that out of the equation with this. He can go into spring training and focus on his changeup. As far taking away the motivation of a contract year, he’s too competitive to let the security of a contract affect him.

You can make an argument the Tigers could’ve waited a year for a long-term deal, but I agree with Dave Dombrowski that if it didn’t happen this offseason, it probably wasn’t going to happen.

That didn’t take long.