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 ...

Veteran reliever Jose Valverde, released by the Washington Nationals last month, received an 80-game suspension Friday for violating Major League Baseball's policy on performance enhancing drugs. The ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- The Mets made a pair of dismissals Monday, firing hitting coach Dave Hudgens and releasing reliever Jose Valverde, after a 5-3 defeat against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Memorial Day.

DETROIT -- There is certainly room to argue whether Jose Valverde can ever be an effective closer again. But he certainly believes in himself. Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland has not named Joaquin ...

Mets pitcher Jose Valverde surrendered a three-run home run in a nonsave situation in his team's 7-5 loss to the Braves Saturday, and it appears manager Terry Collins is ready to make a change in the ...

It's been awhile since Internet tattletales have taken a screencap or YouTube video and tried to pass it off as proof that a particular pitcher was throwing a spitball. Yeah, there was that whole ...