2012 Winter Caravan: Pictures Of Detroit Tigers Not Playing Baseball
The Detroit Tigers winter caravan rolled through various locations in Metro Detroit and beyond at the end of last week to get fans all jacked up about the upcoming season. I don't need to see Jose Valverde and Paws bagging groceries to get excited for baseball season, but that doesn't mean I don't like to see it. It's entertaining and fans get to meet and see some of their favorite...
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22 days ago
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22 days ago
Player Profile #134: Jose Valverde | RP | DET
As far as fantasy owners were concerned, 2011 was a perfect season for Jose Valverde. He finished with 49 saves (and didn’t blow any), had  a low ERA (2.24), good WHIP (1.19) and a good amount of strikeouts (69). That’s the good news. The bad news is that it’s probably not going to continue. Valverde continues to struggle with his control, posting a walk percentage over 11...
Via Baseball Professor
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22 days ago
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22 days ago
Grading the Bullpens: AL Central
We continue our trip through the divisions into the AL Central. The Tigers rode the wave of Jose Valverde’s perfect season to the ALCS, but were the Tigers the best bullpen in the American League? We will answer those questions and more, but before we do we will introduce you to some new terms if this is the first such article you are catching.
Games= The number of games goingâ€...
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24 days ago
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24 days ago
Jose Valverde to bag groceries on Tigers' caravan
The Detroit Tigers are almost set to begin their annual pre-spring training caravan through Metro Detroit and across the state of Michigan. Tigers players and management set out to interact with fans in normal every day settings. The trip contains nearly thirty different locales where a different player or players will either participate in a meet and greet or take on someone'...
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January 10, 2012
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January 10, 2012
Tigers Pick up Valverde 12 Option…Where does that leave them in F.A
Jose Valverde 2011 Stats
ERA
SAVES
K’s
2.24
49
69
According to an article in the Detroit Free Press the Detroit Tigers have picked up the 2012 option on closer Jose Valverde. The Tigers will be paying Valverde $9M in the upcoming season, which brings their total 2012 Salary up to $82M ish already! I don’t think anyone can argue with Valverde’s 2011 performance and if he deserves...
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October 28, 2011
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October 28, 2011
Tigers exercise option to keep Valverde
The Detroit Tigers have exercised their option to keep closer Jose Valverde under contract next season.
The team announced the move Friday. Valverde signed a $14 million, two-year deal in 2010 with the club holding a $9 million option for 2012.
The right-hander has been an All-Star twice in Detroit. He helped the Tigers win a division title this year for the first time since 1987...
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October 28, 2011
Jose Valverde Honored as Relief Pitcher of Year
It wasn’t too hard to figure out who was going to win MLB’s Delivery Man of the Year award this season since Detroit Tigers’ reliever Jose Valverde was perfect with 49 saves in 49 opportunities. Valverde is just the second Tiger to be honored as the league’s best relief pitcher. Other pitchers who earned votes were John Axford (Milwaukee), Craig Kimbrel (Atlanta) and Joel...
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October 06, 2011
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October 06, 2011
Valverde to reporters: ALDS is "over"
Jose Valverde's sense of humor may not play well in the Bronx.The Detroit closer told reporters following the Tigers' Game 2 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon that his team will prevail in the American League Divisional Series.Coming in with a 5-1 lead in the ninth inning, Valverde surrendered two runs to the Yankees but finished things off
as Detroit...
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October 03, 2011
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October 03, 2011
Tigers Jose Valverde on ALDS: "It's Over"
Right after Detroit Tigers Jose Valverde barely shut down a ninth-inning rally by the New York Yankees, the closer couldn't keep his mouth shut and declared the AL division series-- now tied at 1-1-- was "over." Win one game and talk gets cheap... fast.
"It's over already," Valverde told reporters after escaping a Yankees comeback in the pouring rain yesterday. "[Justin] Verlander...
Via The Other Paper
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October 03, 2011
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October 03, 2011
Valverde: "The series is not coming back to New York"
Here's some bulletin board material via Ian Begley:After closing out the Detroit Tigers' win over the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS on Sunday, closer Jose Valverde believes the Tigers are a lock to win the series.
"I think the series will finish in our house," Valverde told ESPN Deportes' Enrique Rojas and other outlets. "They have a good team...
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October 02, 2011
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October 02, 2011
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