Topic: Jose Valverde
The Detroit Tigers? have been desperate to get back to the World Series since winning the American League pennant in 2006. Since then there has been a flurry of headline free agent signings and trades resulting in a huge payroll and no ...
Jose Valverde is a professional Major League Baseball player, known affectionately to his teammates as ? Jose, his wife Luisa, and daughter Montscrat make their off-season home in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic . He was traded to the Houston Astros for pitchers ...
In 2009, the Tigers finished the season in second place in the AL Central Division behind the Minnesota Twins. During the off season the Tigers got a bit stronger in the bullpen by acquiring lefty reliever Phil Coke from the New York ...
Pierzynski hits go-ahead single in 10th inning, White Sox beat Tigers 5-4 for 7th win in rowA.J. Pierzynski hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 Monday for their seventh straight win.Pierzynski ...
Scherzer pitches 6 shutout innings, Valverde holds on in 9th as Tigers beat Yankees 3-1Max Scherzer pitched two-hit ball for six shutout innings and shaky closer Jose Valverde got Derek Jeter to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded ...
Brennan Boesch and Ramon Santiago homer to back Justin Verlander as Tigers beat Pirates 6-2Brennan Boesch hit a solo shot in a three-run fourth inning and Ramon Santiago had a two-run homer in a three-run sixth, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a ...
KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - The Detroit Tigers scored three runs with two outs in the eighth inning then held off a Kansas City Royals rally for a 4-2 victory on Saturday.The Tigers had taken a 1-0 lead on Miguel Cabrera's solo home ...
Deal with it! Tigers P Valverde on his mound theatrics: `This is my game. This is how I pitch'Jose Valverde points, pulsates and shouts.The Detroit closer says he has been animated on the mound since he was 17, playing in the Dominican ...
New closer Jose Valverde has high hopes for 2010 Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland says you can tell a lot from a pitcher's face." Valverde is expected to take over the closer's role from Fernando Rodney, who saved 37 games for the ...
Detroit Tigers and closer Jose Valverde finalize $14 million, 2-year contractThe Detroit Tigers are hoping " The 30-year-old righty was 4-2 with a 2.33 ERA last season after leading the NL in saves with Arizona in 2007 and Houston in 2008. "Detroit ...
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Detroit Tigers' Jose Valverde throws during spring training baseball practice, Saturday, Feb ...AP News - -
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