by Sports Xchange

--LHP Jarrod Washburn won't be offered a contract for 2010, he was officially informed by Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski. Washburn had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee after the season and hopes to be 100 percent next year. His knee was given as the main reason he went just 1-3 with a 7.33 ERA for the Tigers after being acquired at the trade deadline from Seattle, for whom he was 8-6 with a 2.64 ERA.

--DH Aubrey Huff, acquired from Baltimore on Aug. 17 to give Detroit some punch from the left side, won't be tendered a contract for 2010, he was informed recently by Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski. Huff hit just .189 with two home runs and 13 RBIs in 40 games with Detroit after batting .253 with 13 homers and 72 RBIs for the Orioles.

--INF Michael Hollimon was outrighted to Class AAA Toledo to create space on Detroit's 40-man roster for another player. Hollimon, 27, played just 29 games for Class AA Erie before undergoing right shoulder surgery July 15. He was placed on the 60-day disabled list Sept. 1 and removed after the end of the World Series. Hollimon appeared in 11 games for the Tigers in 2008, hitting .261 as a middle-infield reserve. He had one home run and two RBIs.

--1B/3B Jeff Larish was activated off the 60-day disabled list recently and restored to Detroit's 40-man roster. He has appeared in 74 games for the Tigers over the past two seasons and was learning to play left field and third base to enhance his chances of helping the club as a utility player. Larish batted just .216 in 32 games with Detroit this season. He played in 61 games with Toledo before requiring surgery to repair a right wrist injury.

--3B Brandon Inge, who had surgery on both knees earlier this month, faces four more weeks of crutches during which he will work to regain his range of motion before beginning a strength and conditioning program that should have him ready for spring training.

BY THE NUMBERS: 0 -- Increase in season-ticket prices by the Tigers for the 2010 season. Detroit announced recently it would offer discounts for season packages of 81, 41 and 27 games. The organization said it would lower season-ticket cost of some 4,500 seats in specified lower-deck locations by up to $9, and by $5 in certain upper-deck spots.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "I can assure you 100 percent that we do not have any kind of fire sale, or salary dump, or whatever you might call it, taking place. I can also tell you that I've been part of that in my career, so I know what that situation is like. ... I've done that (at Montreal and Florida), but not here." -- Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski, on reports Detroit needs to dump salaries for 2010.