Jim Leyland say Jose Valverde won’t close in game two:

Jose Valverde won’t close for the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of the AL championship series but manager Jim Leyland says the reliever is keeping his role for now.

“I guess that sounds like I am mud watching, but I am really not. I still consider him the closer, but he will not close the game,” Leyland said. “We will do some work with him.”

Leyland did not name a replacement, which makes it sound like he’ll go on matchups.