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Jose Valverde Gets a Year Older

The Astros announced that they had taken steps to correct a "discrepancy" in the paperwork with closer Jose Valverde's age. Apparently, some sources had Valverde's birthday listed as March 24, 1979 while others listed it as March 24, 1978. Unsurprisingly, the earlier date is the right one, so Valverde is actually a year...

Roto Rush: That's More Like It, Garza

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.Matt Garza is one of those talented pitchers that novice owners probably lost patience with quickly. And if they did, they were watching Thursday's spectacular performance kicking...

Roto Rush: Hanrahan Out as Closer While Corpas Is in Danger Too

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.The Washington Nationals will be looking for a new closer as Joel Hanrahan has been fired. He was given the opportunity to close out five games and blew saves in three of those. His...

Fanhouse Fantasy Draft: Extra Base Knox

We just concluded our fantasy draft here at Fanhouse. I have to say that I like what I did here. It's a 12-team, rotisserie mixed-league using standard 5X5 scoring categories and rosters that include two catchers, a first baseman, a second baseman, a shortstop, a third baseman, a corner infielder, a middle infielder, five...

Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit: Always Be Closing - Tiers in Relief

When drafting in fantasy baseball, I often find rankings are a lot less useful than using the tier system. Simply group guys together with others who will perform similarly, and you won't focus on single players. Being frazzled when that single player is taken immediately before your pick is a good way to ruin your draft....

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Tigers Beat White Sox With 8-run Rally In 6th, 3 Home Runs

Miguel Cabrera, Ryan Raburn and Austin Jackson homered during an eight-run rally in the sixth inning Tuesday and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 10-8.

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05/27/12 Tigers 6, Twins 3: Notes, quotes from Saturday's win... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Detroit jumped on the Twins in the first inning for two runs, then added four more in the fifth inning.
05/22/12 Valverde's return stabilizes bullpen Source: MLB For the first time in six days, the Tigers have their bullpen back in order.
05/22/12 Tigers have decision to make on Marte's return Source: MLB - Detroit Tigers The waiting game is on for the Tigers to decide on reliever Luis Marte following his three innings of one-hit ball Monday at Triple-A Toledo as part of his rehab stint.
05/22/12 Tigers: Jackson's status tonight still pending;... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland will wait and see how Austin Jackson feels during pregame activity before deciding whether he'll return for tonight's series opener in Cleveland.
05/22/12 Valverde no longer penned in Source: CBSSports.com Max Scherzer struck out 15 -- the most by a Detroit pitcher in 40 years -- and the Tigers rallied for him with three runs in the seventh inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday.