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Verlander traded to Houston, TJ Surgery, Wins 2 WS, Wins 3rd Cy Young, a Met, Astro again

Justin Verlander threw a season-high 107 pitches during his first post-Tommy John start on four days of rest. He struck out five, walked three and matched his season-high with 17 swings and misses. His ERA is 1.38 and opponents are batting .146 against him.
 
Justin Verlander Age 39: 12-3, 1.89 ERA. 55-18 since the trade.
Tigers received a P that has pitched in 14 minor league games,
a second rate C with a .182 career average with Tommy John,
and a career minor league outfielder.
One of the worst trades in baseball history.

39 year old Justin Verlander:
12-3
1.89 ERA
112 IP
113 SO
best first half in his career.

Justin Verlander becomes just the 19th pitcher SINCE 1901 to have 100+ K, less than a 2.00 ERA, & less than a 0.900 WHIP in the 1st Half of a season.
He becomes the oldest player EVER to complete this feat at 39 years old!

Justin Verlander of the astros is the first pitcher in MLB history to enter the All-Star break with:
- 12+ wins
- .800+ win pct
- ERA under 2.00
- opp BA under .200
- WHIP under 0.90
- 5.00+ K/BB ratio

With 10 strikeouts vs Oakland, Justin Verlander reached 3,121 in his career.
He surpasses Curt Schilling (3,116) and Bob Gibson (3,117) for 14th on the all-time strikeout list.

Justin Verlander?s best single season ERA with the Tigers was 2.40
He has a 2.37 ERA in 90 starts with the Astros.
 
He was not the same JV his last couple years here. Suddenly he went to an out of this world level AFTER leaving. Seems to me that's on JV more than the Tigers. He Obviously wasn't bringing HIS a game at the end here.

Also, the main piece physically falling apart after getting here at 20 years old is bad luck. He was more than holding his own in AA as a 19 year old which is phenomenal. Calling this the worst trade in mlb history is a stretch.
 
gotime909 said:
He was not the same JV his last couple years here. Suddenly he went to an out of this world level AFTER leaving. Seems to me that's on JV more than the Tigers. He Obviously wasn't bringing HIS a game at the end here.

Also, the main piece physically falling apart after getting here at 20 years old is bad luck. He was more than holding his own in AA as a 19 year old which is phenomenal. Calling this the worst trade in mlb history is a stretch.
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plus, he went to a team that cheats. Maybe he's getting a little help that isn't quite legal:cheers:
 
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