Jose Valverde Earns Save in 1-2-3 Ninth Inning, Detroit Tigers Beat Royals 7-5
Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 5 (box score) The story of this game was waiting for the ninth inning because Jose Valverde was in the house, he was named the closer, and live or die this thing was…Read More
The Cutoff Man: Jose Valverde is Back With the Detroit Tigers
Jose Valverde named closer – REMAIN CALM, ALL IS WELL! – Al Beaton – Bless You Boys With the bullpen by committee experiment having come to an end, Leyland is one happy man tonight.…Read More
Tigers Fans Should Be Patient With Jose Valverde
The big news of the day is – as hinted at by MLB.com’s Jason Beck – Jose Valverde is skipping the Toledo leg of his minor league tour and coming straight back to Detroit. The Detroit…Read More
Jose Valverde Posts Non-Impressive Line In First Two Minor League Outings
The Detroit Tigers have until May 8 to decide whether or not they want to add veteran reliever Jose Valverde to their major league roster (he can opt out of his minor league deal after that date), so there’s…Read More
Don’t Read Too Much Into the Timing of the Jose Valverde Signing
We see the timeline as this, and we assume the two events are related: Wednesday: Phil Coke blows a save. Thursday: Detroit Tigers sign Jose Valverde. It’s easy to call this a panic move by the Detroit…Read More
Jose Valverde and the Detroit Tigers
As Detroit Tigers management told us Thursday morning, Bruce Rondon will start the season as the closer…Read More
Could Jose Valverde Return?
Two different news sources (CBSsports and Rotoworld) piqued my curiosity today when mentioning the Tigers’…Read More
In Which A Jose Valverde Rumor Surfaces
Just yesterday Garrett Craig wrote a piece about the big-name relievers that were still on the market…Read More
Yes, I will miss Delmon Young (and the others like him)
Thanks to the luxury of a pretty set roster, Tiger fans have been left caring about players no longer…Read More
Jose Valverde Not Receiving Any Interest This Off-Season
Jose Valverde‘s name hasn’t come up in any of this off-season’s rumors or speculations…Read More
Detroit Tigers Don’t Need A “Proven” Closer
I think everyone is aware by now that the Tigers have stated that they have no interest in trying to…Read More
A Thank You To Jose Valverde
The Detroit Tigers have come out and publicly stated that they are prepared to move on from Jose Valverdeas…Read More
Delmon Young and Jose Valverde Won’t Be Back With Tigers In 2013
We all knew this was going to happen – neither Delmon Young nor Jose Valverde ended up being worth…Read More
Valverde and Benoit Tested, Benoit Passes
There are few ways to put a positive spin on last night’s drubbing in San Francisco other than…Read More
Taking The High Road On Jose Valverde
A buddy of mine recently retweeted a DetTigerTalk message saying, “Dear #Tigers fans. Please,…Read More
Yankees and Tigers Both Wounded
As it all turned out, thanks to a 12th inning catch that Nick Swisher could not make and a hard ground…Read More
Detroit Tigers Win, but Jim Leyland Getting Hard to Defend
That doesn’t mean I won’t try. All season long Jim Leyland has been taking a lot of abuse…Read More
Tigers’ Manager Jim Leyland is Really an Evil Genius
You might argue that Tigers’ manager Jim Leyland was an idiot for going to Jose Valverde in an attempt…Read More
Jose Bleeping Valverde
Madness has been defined as the repeating of an action in hopes of just once getting something different…Read More
Detroit Tigers Keys To Beating NYY
This isn’t going to be the kind of series preview that plays on the hope and optimism of our Tigers…Read More





















