Tigers call up reliever Bruce Rondon, but he won't close

Tom Gage Detroit News Comments Purchase Image Zoom Reliever Bruce Rondon will join the team in time for Friday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. (Elizabeth Conley/The Detroit News) St. Petersburg, Fla.— Bruce Rondon is back with the Tigers, but without the speculation of how he’s going to be used. The Tigers put that to rest on Friday as soon as he arrived. “He’s not going to close,” manager Jim Leyland said. Not even when Joaquin Benoit isn’t available? Leyland wasn’t as definitive about that. All Leyland said, while cutting short the question about it, was “I’m not going there.” So what are the plans for Rondon, who was closing at Toledo, and doing it successfully? In 30 appearances...