Looks like the Tigers took the option on Urbina.
Tigers exercise option on Urbina
DETROIT (Ticker) - The Detroit Tigers announced Friday that the club has exercised the 2005 option on closer Ugueth Urbina.
Signed by the Tigers as a free agent last March, Urbina had 21 saves in 24 opportunities along with a 4-6 record and 4.50 ERA with the Tigers. He made 54 appearances and averaged 9.33 strikeouts per nine innings.
Urbina left the team on September 2 to return to his native Venezuela after four unidentified men kidnapped his mother.
The 30-year-old Urbina has 264 career saves in 502 appearances with Montreal, Boston, Texas, Florida and Detroit.
He is best known for saving two games in the National League Championship Series and two games in the World Series for the 2003 champion Florida Marlins.