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Tigers pick up option on Valverde

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Detroit Tigers closer Jose Valverde, shown during a playoff game at Yankees Stadium earlier this month, had a contract option with the Tigers picked up for 2012, the team said Friday. UPI/John Angelillo 
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Published: Oct. 28, 2011 at 11:33 AM

DETROIT, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The Detroit Tigers exercised an option on the contract with closer Jose Valverde, who led the major leagues in saves last season, for 2012.

Valverde had a team-record 49 saves for the Tigers, who won the American League Central with a 95-67 record. Valverde was 49-of-49 in save opportunities. Milwaukee's John Axford and Atlanta's Craig Kimbrel, who each has 46 saves, were next in the majors.

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Valverde, 33, was 2-4 on the season, his second with Detroit, with a .224 earned run average. He has 242 saves over a nine-year career.

Valverde will make $9 million next season.

Topics: John Axford, Jose Valverde
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