Yoenis Cespedes would like to play for the Tigers beyond 2015 - MLB

On Sunday afternoon, Tigers outfielder Yoenis Cespedes said, “I would like to be in a Tigers uniform for many years,” as MLive.com’s Chris Iott reports. He added, “It’s a good team now and it will be for many years to come. Every major league player wants a ring, and with this team, you have a really good chance.”

Cespedes will earn $10.5 million this season, the last of a four year contract he had initially signed with the Athletics. He will become eligible for free agency after the season.

Cespedes, 29, batted an aggregate .260/.301/.450 with 22 home runs and 100 RBI between the Athletics and Red Sox last season. The A’s sent him to Boston at the trade deadline last season in exchange for Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, and cash. In December, the Red Sox traded him along with Alex Wilson and minor leaguer Gabe Speier to the Tigers for pitcher Rick Porcello.

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Roger Clemens will be an analyst for ESPN when the defending World Series champion Houston Astros host the Chicago White Sox on opening day.

Clemens made four appearances on last year’s KayRod Cast with Michael Kay and Alex Rodriguez. He will be stepping in on March 30 for David Cone, who will be doing the New York Yankees opener against the San Francisco Giants on YES Network.

“Roger has been sort of a friend of ours for the last year, so to speak, he’s in. He’s been engaged, knowledgeable and really present,” said ESPN Vice President of Production Phil Orlins. “You know, whatever past may be, he’s still tremendously engaged and he really brought that every time he was with us.”

Clemens was a seven-time Cy Young winner but his career after baseball has been tainted by allegations of performance-enhancing drug use. He is a Houston native and pitched for the Astros for three seasons.

Orlins said that with the rules changes and pitch clock, it is important to have a pitcher in the booth with Karl Ravech and Eduardo Perez.

“We don’t feel like we have to have the dynamic of Eduardo with a pitcher, but we certainly think that works. Throw in the added factor of rule changes and it is better to have a batter-pitcher perspective,” Orlins said.

Orlins did not say if this would open the door for future opportunities for Clemens as an ESPN analyst.