Brayan Villarreal

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Questions remain about whether Jose Valverde is saving games by memory or not, but there's no question his return to the team has stabilized the bullpen. Joaquin Benoit returned to...

Derek Hankins didn't try to fool anyone Thursday night. The Mud Hens starter allowed Scranton/Wilkes-Barre batters to hit the ball. And they did -- often to Hankins' teammates -- and the result was a 4-1 Toledo victory. Hankins didn't get many swings-...

The Mud Hens claimed their first win in 10 games against Indianapolis this season, rebounding from an early three-run deficit to claim a 6-3 victory. Toledo got home runs from Ben Guez and Danny Dorn to snap a three-game losing streak. The Indians...

The Mud Hens rallied twice, and nearly rallied a third time, but eventually suffered an 8-7 loss to Rochester in 16 innings at Fifth Third Field on Tuesday. The contest was the longest for Toledo this season in terms of both innings and time of game (5:...

With the purchase of Jose Valverde's contract from Lakeland, right-hander Brayan Villarreal was sent to Triple-A Toledo with a laundry list of instructions from manager Jim Leyland that would help his return to the Tigers. "Oh, yeah, a whole bunch of...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Tigers 7, Royals 5 Tigers 7, Royals 5: Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta each had two hits and two RBIs as host Detroit snapped a four-game losing streak. Omar Infante went 3-for-4 with an RBI single and Miguel Cabrera had two...

Luis Mendoza must wait a little longer to return to the mound after rain forced a postponement Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series between the Royals and Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Manager Ned Yost said he plans to skip Mendoza's...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Meet the new closer, same as the old closer (apologies to The Who). Detroit made a startling about-face Tuesday night by announcing it was bringing back rejected closer Jose Valverde....

Bruce Rondon was called up from Triple-A Toledo on Tuesday afternoon and the Tigers announced that Jose Valverde will be joining the team and assuming the closer's role. Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski met with the media following the...

Ryan Doumit had four RBIs for Minnesota, including the go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning to help the Twins beat Detroit 4-2 on Friday and cut the Tigers’ lead in the AL Central to one game.  The Tigers entered the night with a two-game...

With the Tigers edging the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday afternoon, then watching their AL Central lead increase to two games when the White Sox lost that night, you'd think Jim Leyland would be smiling and happy with six games left to play. Not so....

 ‘‘He’s still got great stuff, even if he wasn’t throwing 97,’’ Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. ‘‘He’s got the great change, a great breaking ball and everything is moving all over the place. We...