According to several published reports, the Detroit Tigers have signed former Pirates and Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan to a deal.

The deal was first reported by CBS Sports' Jon Heyman.

tigers agree to deal with joel hanrahan
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) May 2, 2014

The Tigers have a conference call scheduled for noon, but no details of the subject matter were given.

Hanrahan is coming off Tommy John surgery a year ago, but worked out for scouts in the last few weeks.

The Tigers said they'd be at the workout, and were one of the five teams in serious talks with the reliever, Heyman reported earlier this week.

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