Nothing going on with Tigers, Smoltz

Once again, John Smoltz is on the open market, and questions of a return home to Michigan follow. Again, however, that doesn't appear to be happening.

While several teams have expressed interest in Smoltz, including some clubs eyeing him as a closer, the Tigers aren't one of them. They've been in touch with agent Keith Grunewald, but those talks are in regards to shortstop Adam Everett.

The Tigers had some interest in Smoltz last offseason, but they weren't going to outbid the Red Sox, who signed him to an incentive-laden one-year deal for the chance to start in Boston by summer. He struggled with the Sox and was released in August, but found some success again in the National League with the Cardinals down the stretch.

-- Jason Beck