Tigers fans were nervous at the thought of pinning their hopes on Fernando Rodney to be the successor to Todd Jones as closer, and so was Detroit management. 

Tigers fans were nervous at the thought of pinning their hopes on Fernando Rodney to be the successor to Todd Jones as closer, and so was Detroit management. 

Tigers fans were nervous at the thought of pinning their hopes on Fernando Rodney to be the successor to Todd Jones as closer, and so was Detroit management. 

If there is a familiar feel to the statistics of Virgil Vasquez, the pitcher the Pirates claimed off waivers yesterday from the Detroit Tigers, there probably is a reason: They sound quite a bit like those of Josh Fogg, good and bad. 

DETROIT -- Kenny Rogers still has not made an official announcement whether he wants to pitch this season at age 44. 

DETROIT -- Brandon Lyon had a two-year offer on the table for almost double the nearly $5 million he received from theDetroitTigers to join their bullpen in 2009. 

Timo Perez and the Detroit Tigers agreed to a minor league contract Monday with an invitation to spring training. 

If there is a familiar feel to the statistics of Virgil Vasquez, the pitcher the Pirates claimed off waivers yesterday from the Detroit Tigers, there probably is a reason: They sound quite a bit like those of Josh Fogg, good and bad. 

Tigers fans were nervous at the thought of pinning their hopes on Fernando Rodney to be the successor to Todd Jones as closer, and so was Detroit management. 

--OF Timo Perez, who spent last season with the Tigers' Class AAA Toledo affiliate, signed a minor league deal with Detroit and was invited to the team's big-league camp. 

The Tigers added another starter, RHP Edwin Jackson, and made other offseason moves they believe strengthened a deficient defense -- adding C Gerald Laird and SS Adam Everett while shifting Brandon Inge to third and Carlos Guillen to left. 

KALAMAZOO One-by-one, the 13DetroitTigers players who were part of the Winter Caravan stop Thursday at Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium were introduced by Tigers radio voice Dan Dickerson to a crowd of about 1,000. 

DETROIT -- The fans pay the bills, and they pay tribute or make you pay with jeers. 

Tigers fans were nervous at the thought of pinning their hopes on Fernando Rodney to be the successor to Todd Jones as closer, and so was Detroit management. 

--RHP Brandon Lyon, 29, signed a one-year deal with the Tigers to compete with RHP Fernando Rodney to work the eighth and ninth innings for Detroit.