"You can count Prince Fielder's father, former Tiger Cecil Fielder, among the folks surprised the slugger will be playing for Detroit.

"That just shocked me," Cecil Fielder said today in an interview on SiriusXM's MLB Radio. "That's crazy. He's gonna come full circle, after he's been there in Detroit most of his young adult life. I think he's comfortable in that place."

Cecil Fielder played from the Tigers from 1990-96, hitting 245 home runs — including an eye-popping 51 in 1990. Always by his side during his days in Detroit was young Prince.

Detroit fans first started hearing about Prince as a 12-year-old, when reports started circulating he was regularly hitting home runs at Tiger Stadium during batting practice.

Now, according to reports, he'll be taking aim at the Comerica Park seats for the next nine years."