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Detroit Tigers Acquire Francisco Rodriguez

The Detroit Tigers have acquired closer Francisco Rodriguez to bolster the team’s anemic bullpen.

In exchange for Rodriguez, the Tigers will send infield prospect Javier Betancourt to the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Tigers announced today that the club has acquired RHP Francisco Rodriguez & a PTBNL from MIL in exchange for Javier Betancourt & a PTBNL

— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) November 18, 2015

Detroit’s official Twitter feed mentions the teams swapping a player-to-be-named-later each. However, MLB.com’s Jason Beck tweeted that Tigers’ general manager Al Avila said “It could happen that way, but it may not.