Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Jose Valverde walks back into the dugout during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians in Detroit, Sunday, May 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos ...

Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Jose Valverde throws against the Chicago White Sox in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Friday, May 4, 2012. The Tigers won 5-4. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) AP ...

ATLANTA -- The Washington Nationals have signed Jose Valverde to a minor league contract as an insurance policy for their inconsistent bullpen. Valverde, with 288 career saves, last worked as a ...

Here's an undeniable fact about baseball: A club, ultimately, is only as good as its bullpen. Here's an obvious statement: The Tigers bullpen, in particular closer Jose Valverde, has markedly ...

The first cowboys were Black Americans and Mexicans, José Valverde says over the phone. The word cowboy comes from vaquero, meaning man who takes care of cows (vaca is cow in Spanish, and –ero as a ...

Blog update: Tigers manager Jim Leyland said before Game 2 that Valverde will not close on Sunday, but that he still considers Valverde the team's closer. "Jose Valverde is going to be a very ...

Tigers reliever Jose Valverde tossed a scoreless inning against Braves minor-leaguers in an extended spring training game Wednesday, according to MLB.com. Valverde struck out one hitter during the ...

(AP) — Reliever Jose Valverde and the Detroit Tigers finalized their $14 million, two-year contract on Tuesday. The agreement, which was reached last week pending a physical, includes a $9 million ...

Jose Valverde has been the creator of countless memories while closing out victories in a Detroit Tigers uniform, but it's now his time in the Motor City that needs to come to a close. With the Tigers ...