LAKELAND, Fla. -- There was no way the Tigers could bring Jose Valverde back, not after what happened last October. But shouldn't Valverde be able to get a job somewhere? Jim Leyland thinks so. And he ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — The show will go on. Jose Valverde can assure you of that. Whenever he retires the final out of a Syracuse Chiefs win, Valverde promises to raise the curtain on his fist-pumping, ...

We're almost through Opening Day 3 in the nonsensical baseball schedule of 2012, so let's take stock of a few things. The starting pitchers are heroes. The hitters are zeroes. And some of the closers ...

The Washington Nationals have signed pitcher Jose Valverde to a minor league deal, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reports that Valverde is uniform at the Nationals ...

The fall from grace of the artist formerly known as Papa Grande continues. Ex-Tigers closer Jose Valverde was given an 80-game suspension by the MLB on Friday for the use of performance-enhancing ...

Regular MLBTR readers know I have mostly been a harsh critic of Ed Wade’s short tenure as the Astros’ GM. Well, not this time. He made an excellent deal in acquiring Jose Valverde for Chris Burke, ...

Detroit Tigers pitcher Jose Valverde throws against the Kansas City Royals in the ninth inning in Detroit on Wednesday. Detroit won 7-5. DETROIT -- The split-finger fastball is still important, no ...

PHOENIX — Jose Valverde is going to give his manager a few ulcers at this rate. The veteran closer was summoned to protect a five-run lead in the ninth inning on Wednesday, and made life a little too ...

I must admit: When it snowed last week in Houston, I thought something had happened. You know, hell had frozen over because the Houston Astros of the Drayton McLane Era were finally on the road to ...

12:28pm: Valverde tells Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union Tribune (Twitter link) that his agent has informed him that a new deal may come quickly. Given the fact that Valverde opted out of his deal ...

Jose Valverde led the league in saves in 2007, 2008 and 2011. (Mark Cunningham/Getty Images) The Mets and 11-year veteran Jose Valverde agreed to a minor league deal on Wednesday, according to Adam ...