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Justin Brooks Verlander (/ ˈ v ɜːr l æ n d ɜːr / VUR-land-ur; born February 20, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros and New York Mets throughout a 19-season career.
Verlander won his subsequent Cy Young awards in 2019 and 2022 with the Astros after joining Houston for the first time in 2017. He was a key member of Houston's pitching staff during its runs to ...
Astros ace Justin Verlander pitched four innings Saturday night for Double-A Corpus Christi in what is expected to be his final minor league rehab outing before rejoining Houston's rotation. The ...
Verlander’s final start of the season came on Saturday, Sept. 28, in Cleveland in what turned out to be Houston’s final regular-season game of 2024, as Game 162 on Sunday was rained out.
Verlander, a three-time Cy Young Award winner and two-time World Series champion with Houston, retired 10 of the final 11 batters he faced, including a perfect fourth inning.
Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander (35) pitches against Detroit Tigers during the first inning at Comerica Park in Detroit on Sunday, May 12, 2024.
Kenny Rogers was the Tigers' Opening Day starting pitcher in their American League championship year of 2006. Jeremy Bonderman was the Tigers' Opening Day starter in 2005 and 2007. Justin Verlander was the Tigers' Opening Day starting pitcher every year from 2008 to 2014.
If the Astros had a weaker pitching staff, Verlander probably would have made the wild-card roster. But Houston has the the sixth-best staff in baseball by ERA (3.74), and both the rotation and ...