JOSE VALVERDE RUMORS

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...

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...

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€...

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'...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...