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Jose Iglesias batted .259 with two home runs and 10 RBIs in 46 games with the Detroit Tigers last season.

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DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have signed highly touted shortstop Jose Iglesias to a one-year contract, the team announced Wednesday afternoon.

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Iglesias, 24, remains under team control through 2018, but the slick-fielding infielder needed to have his salary determined after the contract he signed with Boston as an amateur free agent expired this offseason. He is represented by super agent Scott Boras.

Iglesias, who agreed to a four-year deal for $8.25 million with the Red Sox in 2010, isn't eligible for arbitration until 2015. He's likely to receive a similar one-year deal next offseason, barring a long-term extension.

Iglesias batted .303 with three home runs and 29 RBIs between the Tigers and Red Sox last year, and finished second in the AL Rookie of the Year voting behind Tampa Bay’s Wil Myers. He was 6-for-26 (.231) with one RBI in 11 postseason games.

Iglesias hit .330 with a .376 on-base percentage in 63 games for the Red Sox before being traded to the Tigers on July 30 in the three-way deal that sent Avisail Garcia to the White Sox. He batted .259 with two home runs and 10 RBIs in 46 games with the Tigers.

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