Astros, Verlander reach $66M extension

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Source: Astros, Verlander reach $66M extension

The Houston Astros and ace Justin Verlander have agreed to a two-year, $66 million contract extension through the 2021 season, a league source with knowledge of the deal confirmed to ESPN on Saturday.

Astros owner Jim Crane on Friday had said there was mutual interest for an extension with the 36-year-old right-hander.

The news was first reported by KRIV-TV in Houston.

Verlander, who would have become a free agent after the 2019 season, went 16-9 with a 2.52 ERA last season and led the American League in strikeouts with 290. He finished second in the AL Cy Young race to the Rays' Blake Snell.

Verlander was traded from the Detroit Tigers to Houston on Aug. 31, 2017, and helped the Astros win their first World Series that season. The 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner, he finished second in Cy Young voting last season after going 16-9 with a 2.52 ERA in 34 starts. He pitched 214 innings and led the AL with 290 strikeouts.

The seven-time All-Star, entering his 15th season, spent his entire big league career with the Tigers before the 2017 trade. In his MVP season, Verlander won a career-high 24 games and had a career-low 2.40 ERA, which led the AL. He pitched 251 innings and struck out 250 batters that season, which were both the most in the AL.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/news/justin-verlander-astros-extension
Verlander, Astros agree on 2-year deal.
MLB.com

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/3...tract-extension-houston-astros-detroit-tigers
Astros, Justin Verlander nearing agreement on 2-year contract extension.
Say goodbye to any hopes of a reunion with the Tigers.
BYBTB

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019...ander-reportedly-moving-toward-extension.html
Astros Extend Justin Verlander.
MLBTR

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...erlander-extension-houston-astros/3255773002/
No Tigers return for Justin Verlander, who gets extension with Astros.
Freep

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...ros-agree-two-year-66-m-extension/3255785002/
Ex-Tigers ace Justin Verlander, Astros agree on two-year, $66M extension.
Detnews

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...ns-why-he-signed-extension-astros/3262386002/
'I can't see a better situation': Ex-Tiger Justin Verlander explains why he signed extension with Astros.
Detnews

 

[tomdalton22]

If I were the Astros I would have let him play out his contract and see who I was bidding against after he hits free agency.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Who makes more money? JV, or his wife?

 

[Rebbiv]

If I were the Astros I would have let him play out his contract and see who I was bidding against after he hits free agency.

And you would lose. It is reported that Verlander could have gotten a 3-yr $105 Mil on the open market. The deal was team friendly and shows that Verlander wanted to stay.

 

[tomdalton22]

And you would lose. It is reported that Verlander could have gotten a 3-yr $105 Mil on the open market. The deal was team friendly and shows that Verlander wanted to stay.

These are probably the same people that said Harper would get $400M

 

[Rebbiv]

These are probably the same people that said Harper would get $400M

Nope. Try again.

 

[tomdalton22]

Nope. Try again.

I just think it's ridiculous that someone would report what JV might have gotten next off season if he were a FA. They are making some assumptions, the biggest being that he will be as good or better this year as he was last, which I doubt will happen.

 

[Rebbiv]

I just think it's ridiculous that someone would report what JV might have gotten next off season if he were a FA. They are making some assumptions, the biggest being that he will be as good or better this year as he was last, which I doubt will happen.

Your disdain for Verlander and Cabrera has been noted on this board for years now. Players in all sports are given all sorts of contracts. There are quite a few that don't work out. It isn't the player's fault. The point is that at current monies, what Verlander signed was below market and team friendly. You don't have to like it or agree with that. But it is a fact.


I absolutely am with you on NOT signing someone else's Free Agent (Machado and Harper), especially long term (more than say 4 or 5 years). I do espouse an opposite view when signing your own stud Free Agents (Trout) and letting them finish their career with your own team.


Right or wrong, in baseball, you are paying for past performance, not for future. The only way a team gets ahead is if they get a player to an extension prior to their Free Agent years. This is nothing new.

 

[tomdalton22]

Your disdain for Verlander and Cabrera has been noted on this board for years now. Players in all sports are given all sorts of contracts. There are quite a few that don't work out. It isn't the player's fault. The point is that at current monies, what Verlander signed was below market and team friendly. You don't have to like it or agree with that. But it is a fact.


I absolutely am with you on NOT signing someone else's Free Agent (Machado and Harper), especially long term (more than say 4 or 5 years). I do espouse an opposite view when signing your own stud Free Agents (Trout) and letting them finish their career with your own team.


Right or wrong, in baseball, you are paying for past performance, not for future. The only way a team gets ahead is if they get a player to an extension prior to their Free Agent years. This is nothing new.

I don't have a problem with JV or Miggy. Good for them for getting paid. I had a problem with when the Tigers extended them (especially Miggy).

There is always another option...just let them test FA or leave. The Cards let the best hitter over the past 20 years leave and it seems to have worked out just fine for them.

 

[Rebbiv]

I don't have a problem with JV or Miggy. Good for them for getting paid. I had a problem with when the Tigers extended them (especially Miggy).

There is always another option...just let them test FA or leave. The Cards let the best hitter over the past 20 years leave and it seems to have worked out just fine for them.

When did the Cards have Trout?

 

[tinselwolverine]

When did the Cards have Trout?

That?s a pretty high of evaluation.

Trout qualifies as the best hitter over the last 20 years even though he?s only actually played the last eight of them.

Those are some pretty good eight years to make up for having not even played the other 12.

 

[Rebbiv]

That?s a pretty high of evaluation.

Trout qualifies as the best hitter over the last 20 years even though he?s only actually played the last eight of them.

Those are some pretty good eight years to make up for having not even played the other 12.

Over the past 20 years (since 1999):


1. Trout 4673 PA .416 OBP .573 SLG .989 OPS
2. Votto 6764 PA .427 OBP .530 SLG .957 OPS
3. Cabrera 9687 PA .395 OBP .551 SLG .946 OPS
4. Pujols 11686 PA .382 OBP .554 SLG .936 OPS

 

[kalinecountry]

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2019/03/25/angel-in-the-outfield/
ANGEL IN THE OUTFIELD.
Totally Tigers

 

[tinselwolverine]

Over the past 20 years (since 1999):


1. Trout 4673 PA .416 OBP .573 SLG .989 OPS
2. Votto 6764 PA .427 OBP .530 SLG .957 OPS
3. Cabrera 9687 PA .395 OBP .551 SLG .946 OPS
4. Pujols 11686 PA .382 OBP .554 SLG .936 OPS

I know you were being sarcastic in your post #11, and I was trying to be sarcastic in my post #12.

Obviously, we all know that nobody will be able to evaluate neither Trout?s nor Voto?s 20 year stats until both have played for 20 years.

 

[tomdalton22]

Over the past 20 years (since 1999):


1. Trout 4673 PA .416 OBP .573 SLG .989 OPS
2. Votto 6764 PA .427 OBP .530 SLG .957 OPS
3. Cabrera 9687 PA .395 OBP .551 SLG .946 OPS
4. Pujols 11686 PA .382 OBP .554 SLG .936 OPS

Pujols has already hit his decline which drag his numbers down. It will happen to the rest of them too.

Pujols' first 11 years, all with the Cards

7433 PA, .420 OBP, .617 SLG, 1.037 OPS

Trout might get to those numbers but he is going to have to have 3 more years like his past 2.

My point was that it's ok to let a guy go with those numbers...let someone else pay for the declining years.

 

[Rebbiv]

Pujols has already hit his decline which drag his numbers down. It will happen to the rest of them too.

Pujols' first 11 years, all with the Cards

7433 PA, .420 OBP, .617 SLG, 1.037 OPS

Trout might get to those numbers but he is going to have to have 3 more years like his past 2.

My point was that it's ok to let a guy go with those numbers...let someone else pay for the declining years.

So you now are saying everyone will decline as Pujols did? Which BTW, I can list 50 players who did not regress to the extent Pujols did. You are citing one example to back your argument.

 

[tomdalton22]

So you now are saying everyone will decline as Pujols did? Which BTW, I can list 50 players who did not regress to the extent Pujols did. You are citing one example to back your argument.

yes, I am saying that all players will decline. I'm not saying that they will all decline at the same rate, but they will all decline.

Father time is undefeated.

 

[Rebbiv]

yes, I am saying that all players will decline. I'm not saying that they will all decline at the same rate, but they will all decline.

Father time is undefeated.

I don't dispute that players decline. However, Pujols is an extreme example.

 

[Mitchrapp]

JV was nasty today. Dang I miss him..