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Jose valverde was designated for assignment.

http://www.freep.com/article/2013062...detroit-tigers
Tigers designate Jose Valverde for assignment.
from the freep

Tigers will give Valverde the option, if he clears waivers, of going to Toledo and working on issues.
DD: "He didn't say no.

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/6/2...e-dfa-released
Jose Valverde DFA'd by Tigers.
from bybtb

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/artic...9357882189.txt
The Jose Valverde experiment is over for Tigers, at least at the big-league level.
from the Oakland Press

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/ey...rde-assignment
Tigers designated Jose Valverde assignment.
from cbssports

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ss..._valverde.html
End of the line: Jose Valverde designated for assignment by Detroit Tigers; Al Alburquerque recalled from Triple-A Toledo.
from Mlive

http://walkoffwoodward.com/?p=7764&fb_source=pubv1
Tigers Finally Face Reality, Designate Valverde For Assignment.
from walkoffwoodwardtigersblog

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_det&c_id=det
Tigers designate Valverde for assignment.
Club hopes that struggling closer will agree to go to Triple-A Toledo.
from the Tigers official site

http://motorcitybengals.com/2013/06/...-alburquerque/
Detroit Tigers Designate Jose Valverde for Assignment, Recall Al Alburquerque.
from mcb-tb

http://toledoblade.typepad.com/coops...ns-roster.html
Tigers moves affect Mud Hens.
Detroit designated for assignment RHP Jose Valverde and called up RHP Al Alburquerque.
from the toledo blade

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ss...ose_valve.html
Analysis: Don't close door on Jose Valverde just yet; still a chance former closer could be back in Detroit.
What is wrong with the Tiger's management line of thinking!!??
from Mlive

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9411254/jose-valverde-designated-assignment-detroit-tigers
Tigers designate Jose Valverde.
espn

Don't buy spin from Tigers that Valverde can work way back to Detroit. DFAd rather than released to spare him embarrassment. It's their MO.
TonyPaul detnews
 
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Matt Tuiasosopo has been placed on the DL with a left strained intercostal retro to 6/20.

Prior to today's game the Tigers recalled the contracts of Avisail Garcia and Al Alburquerque from AAA Toledo.

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/6/2...rcostal-Strain
Tuiasosopo to the disabled list.
from bybtb

http://toledoblade.typepad.com/coops...ns-roster.html
Detroit placed OF Matt Tuiasosopo on the disabled list and called up OF Avisail Garcia.
from the toledoblade

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.s...tml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Tigers place Matt Tuiasosopo on 15-day DL with rib-cage strain, recall outfielder Avisail Garcia.
from Mlive

Intercostal strain lands Tuiasosopo on disabled list.
DETROIT -- Matt Tuiasosopo was poised to become a bigger member of the Tigers' starting lineup, earning more playing time against right-handed pitchers in addition to the lefties he has been pummeling all year. Instead, with a bad swing in the batting cage, he became the latest casualty in the club's outfield.
What was hoped to be a minor rib cage strain that scratched Tuiasosopo from Thursday's starting lineup instead landed him on the 15-day disabled list Friday. Avisail Garcia, just optioned to Toledo on Wednesday, was recalled to take his place.
The injury is officially listed as an intercostal strain, the same issue that sidelined fellow outfielder Andy Dirks for a good chunk of Spring Training.
The DL move came on the night when the Tigers faced Jon Lester, one of the toughest left-handed starters in the league.
Garcia, who started in center field Friday for Austin Jackson, will take Tuiasosopo's role as a left fielder against lefties on most nights. Manager Jim Leyland said he could also end up getting starts against right-handers, much like he was pondering with Tuiasosopo. Garcia started against several righties in center while filling in for Jackson earlier this month.
from the Tigers official site
 
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Jackson held out of lineup with left leg soreness.
DETROIT -- Austin Jackson had seven straight days of healthy, productive play since his return from the disabled list a week ago. His absence from Friday's starting lineup against the Red Sox was a reminder that the pulled left hamstring that sidelined him for a month remains a concern.

Manager Jim Leyland said he held out Jackson with soreness in his left leg. Jackson said it was in the same area where he pulled his hamstring in May.

"Same spot," Jackson said. "We just want to be cautious with it and not push it."
Jackson said the soreness didn't become an issue until Thursday. He was set to spend Friday getting treatment on it with the hope of returning to the lineup Saturday.
from the Tigers official site
 
Dombrowski will wait and see on bullpen mix.
DETROIT -- The question posed to Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski was a potential snafu: Does he think his bullpen is good enough?

Dombrowski answered it about as well as could at this point.
"We'll find out," he said.

With Jose Valverde designated for assignment, potentially heading to Triple-A Toledo to work out his issues if he accepts an outright move, and Joaquin Benoit at the head of a closer-by-committee, the Tigers have just under six weeks to figure out what works and what they need with their relief mix before the July 31 Trade Deadline.

Part of that will be Benoit as Plan A at closer. Part, too, will be the just-recalled Al Alburquerque in the eighth inning, and Drew Smyly likely in the seventh. The Tigers could go into the final week of July with any number of relief parts they could use, or they might actually go into August liking what they have.

Until then, Dombrowski is keeping his outlooks short-term.
"We're comfortable with this group right now," Dombrowski said. "I can't speak for August. I'm not a fortune-teller. As it is, we're comfortable with this group as we stand now. But you never know what happens with anything.
"I never know what happens with any position on this team. That's why I watch us play day in and day out. But we like this group. We think it has a chance to win for us."

Dombrowski rarely announces positions of need in the middle of the season. He will not discuss potential closing options on the trade market, but his observation on the state of bullpens around baseball might well make a point: Acquiring a closer isn't as easy these days as scanning the rosters and finding a team in selling mode.

The fact that the other team at Comerica Park this weekend, the American League East-leading Red Sox, changed closers Friday from Andrew Bailey to Koji Uehara, reinforce that even other teams with World Series aspirations are still sorting out their ninth innings, often with multiple relievers.

"I understand the bullpen questions, because we've all been living through it," Dombrowski said. "However, you live in a vacuum with your own club. If you look out there right now, there are not a lot of shutdown, lockdown closers out there anywhere. There's very few of them, and a lot of people have struggled with the back end of their bullpens. So it's a situation where if you sometimes mix and match, it can work for you. We think we have guys with the ability to do so."

Alburquerque could be the most critical among them, even more so than Benoit. The Tigers have struggled for right-handed relief depth since late April, when Octavio Dotel went on the disabled list and Alburquerque lost command and ended up in Toledo. Thursday's eighth inning showed that void perhaps as well as any game this year, with Phil Coke left to face switch-hitter Shane Victorino and the right-handed-hitting Dustin Pedroia.

They're not sure Alburquerque's command is back, but they have to find out.
"His slider's been very good," Dombrowski said. "His fastball has been thrown with more consistency. I don't think he's going to be pinpoint. That's not how he was even when he was effective. He feels good about himself. He feels like he's ready to come back here and help us."
from the Tigers official site
 
http://www.freep.com/article/20130621/SPORTS02/306210096/detroit-tigers-boston-red-sox
Boston 10 - Detroit 6: Doug Fister chased early, Tigers' bullpen can't control late innings.
from the freep

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/06/detroit_tigers_doug_fister_bos.html
Miguel Cabrera smacks three-run homer, but Detroit Tigers can't overcome Boston's 10 runs in loss.
from Mlive

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_06_21_bosmlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap_home&c_id=det
Tigers rally but can't dig out of early hole.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...d=det#gid=2013_06_21_bosmlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
from the Tigers official site

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...det#gid=2013_06_21_bosmlb_detmlb_1&mode=video
Webvideo Miggy's three-run shot.
Miguel Cabrera cranks a three-run shot to left-center field for his 20th homer of the season, pulling the Tigers within one run.

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/mlb...short-against-Red-?blockID=914221&feedID=3701
Fister, Tigers come up short against Red Sox.
from DetroitFox

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/6/...bi-ellsbury-pedroia-fister-lester-first-place
Red Sox 10 - Tigers 6: Top of order toasts Tigers; Ellsbury, Victorino, Pedroia combine for eight RBIs.
from blessyouboystigersblog

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...itters-can-t-dig-Tigers-out-hole-loss-Red-Sox
Heavy hitters can't dig Tigers out of hole in loss to Red Sox.
from the detnews

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arti...51c51be84e814071607687.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Tigers lose slug-fest to Boston, as Fister leaves early.
from the Oakland press
 
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June 22 in Tigers and mlb history:

1909: The Detroit club buys the rest of the vacant Bennett Field grounds as the site for a new park.

1912: Ty Cobb gets pinch hit for in an unusual scenario. With two outs in the 9th, and the Tigers down 11 - 3, Cobb is nowhere to be found, and George Mullin substitutes and flies out to end the game. It turns out Cobb is in the clubhouse showering.

1934 - Detroit takes over first place, beating Washington, 11 - 3, dislodging the Yankees who lose, 4 - 1, to Cleveland.

2009: Donald Fehr announces his retirement as head of the Major League Baseball Players Association after 25 years. He was in charge during the 1994 strike and the relative labor peace that followed. His resignation will be effective in March 2010, when the union's general counsel, Michael Weiner, takes over.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mastewa02.shtml
Walt Masterson 1956.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jake_Wood
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...woodja01.shtml
Jake Wood 1961-1967.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yanes01.shtml
Estaban Yan 2004.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Marv_Owen
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...owenma01.shtml
Marv Owen 1931, 1933-1937, Tigers minor league manager 1952-1954, scout 1950's - 1970's.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bu...Bubba_Phillips
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...hillbu02.shtml
Bubba Phillips 1955, 1963-1964.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ron_Kline
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...linero01.shtml
Ron Kline 1961-1962.

from Baseball Reference
 
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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130622/SPORTS0104/306220034
Tigers bullpen issues called into sharp focus by Jose Valverde move.
from the detnews

Tigers relievers rank 22nd in the majors with a 3.99 ERA, while the bullpen?s 5-13 record ranks dead last.. They own the fourth-worst seventh-inning ERA in the majors and the fourth-worst in the ninth inning and beyond. And just for good measure Friday, they gave up a run in the sixth and two in the eighth.
 
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