The Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander will have two rehab starts in Triple-A before returning from the Injured List. The news was confirmed by Astros manager Joe Espada in a recent chat with reporters.

Verlander started the 2024 MLB season on IL due to a shoulder inflammation he experienced leading to spring training. He is now fully recovered and will have the opportunity to build up his pitch count with Astros’ Triple-A affiliate Sugar Land.

Verlander’s first start with Sugar Land will come on Saturday, and if that goes well, he will have one more outing in the minors before resuming MLB action.

“Just based on what I’ve seen and out of his live BPs and how he’s talking about how he feels, I think two starts,” said Espada of Verlander’s timeline for coming off the IL. “Should be good enough.”

The Astros badly need Verlnader back considering their poor start of the season. They were swept in the opening series against the New York Yankees and are currently sitting at 2-5.

Justin Verlander initially left the Houston Astros during the 2023 offseason to sign a lucrative deal with the New York Mets. However, he only made 16 starts with the Mets before being traded back to Houston.

 The three-time AL Cy Young Award winner ended up making 11 starts with the Astros to close out the season, going 7-3 with a 3.31 ERA and 63 strikeouts.

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The Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander won’t start his spring training on expected schedule. According to Verlander, he is dealing with a shoulder issue that will force him to start his preparation for the 2024 campaign later than expected.

“I’m a little bit behind schedule right now,” Verlander told ESPN. “I had a little hiccup early on that’s resolved itself, but I have to be really cautious with how I’m building up.

According to Verlander, he experienced a shoulder issue while playing catch.

“I’ve always been someone who luckily could pick up a ball and just start throwing it,” he explained. “This time, it wasn’t quite as easy, so I had to slow down a little bit.”

It is unclear whether Verlander will be ready in time to pitch on the Opening Day. The Astros will open their spring training on February 28 and play their first game of the season against the New York Yankees on March 28.

Justin Verlander missed the start of the 2023 season with a shoulder injury. He played in 27 games with the Astros and the Yankees, finishing the campaign with a 13-8 record, 3.22 ERA, and 144 strikeouts. He previously sat out the entire 2021 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.

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Star pitcher Justin Verlander will make a rehab start in the minors this week before making his debut for the New York Mets. Verlander hasn’t played at all in 2023 after suffering a teres major strain during spring training.

The Mets’ manager Buck Showalter said on Tuesday that Verlander is expected to throw three to four innings on Friday and then re-join the team. This opens the possibility of Verlander making his Mets’ debut on May 3 against the Detroit Tigers.

Speaking with reporters, Verlander said that it has been “frustrating” for him not to be able to play at the start of the season.

“It’s hard for me not to be a part of and not want to help in some way, shape, or form. But everybody behind the scenes is saying, ‘Just wait, your time will be here,’” Verlander said.

However, the three-time AL Cy Young Award winner said that he believes the injury is now behind him and that he is close to being 100% ready to play.

The Mets have been solid to start the 2023 season, going 14-10 in their first 24 games. However, they didn’t look as convincing as many predicted, considering the abundance of talent on their roster. With Verlander in the mix, that will likely change.

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The New York Mets didn’t wait long to replace Jacob deGrom after the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner bolted for Texas to sign with the Rangers. Just a few days later, the Mets landed three-time Cy Young winner Justin Verlander to take deGrom’s spot in the rotation.

According to multiple reports, Verlander inked a two-year, $86.66 million deal with the Mets. There is a club option for $2025 included, with the value coming at $35 million.

Spending this kind of money on a pitcher who will be 40 before the 2023 campaign starts might raise some eyebrows, but it is clear that the Mets are willing to do everything to get over the hump. And Verlander, coming off one of his best seasons in MLB, has the ability to help them do that.

Verlander spent almost two years on the sidelines due to a Tommy John surgery before making a comeback this past season. He delivered an impressive campaign with the Houston Astros in 2022 that saw him post an 18-4 record with a 1.75 ERA and 185 strikeouts. Verlander won Cy Young Award at the end of the season while helping the Astros win a World Series title.

The Mets will pair Verlander with another three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer at the top of their rotation. They are also expected to make more additions to their pitching staff in order to keep the momentum going after the 101-win outing in 2022.

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The Houston Astros came to an agreement to keep their ace Justin Verlander around for at least one year. The news was first reported by FOX’s reporter and Verlander’s brother Ben Verlander.

Reportedly, the agreement will see the eight-time All-Star earn $25 million in 2022. The deal also has a player option for 2023.

After delivering an impressive 2019 campaign that saw him win his second AL Cy Young Award, Justin Verlander ended up playing just one game in the shortened 2020 MLB season due to a forearm strain. He ended up having to undergo a Tommy John surgery that sidelined him for the entire 2021.

Entering the offseason as a free agent, Verlander recently organized a showcase for interested teams in order to demonstrate that the procedure and long break didn’t affect his pitching. It was reported at the time that 20 teams were in attendance, with most of them leaving impressed with what they saw from the 38-year-old.

Verlander joined the Astros midway through the 2017 season in a trade from the Detroit Tigers. He ended up becoming a key factor in Houston’s road to World Series win in the same year, picking up ALCS MVP honors along the way. He followed this up with two productive outings in 2018 and 2019, earning consecutive All-Star nods, finishing second and first in AL Cy Young Award voting, and picking up an All-MLB First Team nod.

Verlander, who had his MLB debut in 2005, is currently 226–129 in the majors. He has a career ERA of 3.33 with 3,013 strikeouts.

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The Houston Astros have been without star pitcher Justin Verlander nearly all season after he suffered a forearm strain after his first start of the year.

Unfortunately, it appears that the injury was more severe after Verlander announced on Saturday that he would undergo Tommy John Surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament.

Verlander, who won the 2019 AL Cy Young Award after a dominant season with the ‘Stros, is expected to go under the knife in the coming weeks for the first time in his long career.

The 37-year-old pitcher still doesn’t have an exact timeline for his recovery from the surgery, but the most likely scenario appears to be that he will miss the majority, if not all, of the 2021 season.

This is the first time that the surefire Hall of Famer will miss extended time in his career, as he has made 30+ starts in 13 of the past 14 seasons. Verlander’s durability has been matched by few pitchers over the past two decades, but it seems as if that streak will come to an unfortunate end.

Verlander will hit the free agent market after the 2021 season, and will now have more doubts than ever about his future after undergoing major surgery at such an advanced age.

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The Houston Astros have been put into a tough spot after learning that staff ace Justin Verlander will be out indefinitely with a forearm strain that could put his 2020 season in jeopardy.

After reports over the weekend that Verlander would miss the rest of the season, the veteran pitcher took to his Twitter account to inform fans that he does not know how long he will be out.

Verlander won his Opening Day start against the Seattle Mariners, tossing six innings of one-run ball and striking out seven batters. The reigning Cy Young Award winner did not show any signs of discomfort during his start, making the revelation that he was dealing with an injury a surprise when it was reported on Sunday.

The Virginia native won 21 games last season, compiling an outstanding 2.58 ERA in 34 starts. He was named to his eighth AL All-Star team as well, capping what was one of the best seasons of his storied career and cementing his status as one of baseball’s top hurlers.

The future Hall of Famer’s injury will force him to go to the injured list, but at this point, now one knows how much time he might miss. The Astros and Verlander alike are certainly hoping that he will return sooner rather than later.

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Houston Astros’ All-Star pitcher Justin Verlander decided to use the MLB offseason to address a nagging groin injury. According to Astros’ general manager James Click, Verlander underwent groin surgery and will spend the next six weeks rehabbing.

Verlander first experienced groin issues earlier this year, but expected that physical therapy could resolve the issue. However, after a series of setbacks, the medical team determined that surgery would be the best option going forward. 

“After a recent setback in his rehab, the medical staff recommended that a surgical procedure was necessary,” Click explained.

If everything goes right, Verlander will be just back in time for MLB’s opening day. The start of the 2020 season was recently postponed to May due to coronavirus pandemic.

 Justin Verlander is coming off an impressive season in which he won the AL Cy Young Award for the second time in his career. The 37-year-old finished 2019 with 21-6 record, accompanied by 2.58 ERA and career-high 300 strikeouts.  He also led the league in innings with 223.

Verlander’s good form wasn’t enough to propel Astros to a title, however. Houston advanced to the World Series, where they lost to underdogs Washington Nationals.

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After a tumultuous off-season and beginning to Spring Training that has seen the Astros deal with the fallout from a cheating scandal that has rocked baseball, a new problem has popped up for Dusty Baker’s team.

Justin Verlander was forced to leave his second Spring Training start of the year early after experiencing soreness in his right triceps, sounding alarm bells for the defending American League Champions.

Verlander, the winner of the 2018 AL Cy Young Award and the runner-up for last year’s trophy, left after pitching two innings against the Mets, allowing three hits and striking out one.

Manager Dusty Baker announced after the game that Verlander left before his scheduled four innings due to a sore right triceps muscle, a problem that could be problematic for the righty starter.

Further tests will be performed on Verlander to determine the extent and nature of the injury. Particular attention will be paid to the pitcher’s elbow ligaments, as triceps injuries are sometimes related to a more serious problem with this crucial part of a pitcher’s arm.

At this point, all the Astros can do is wait to see what the tests show and hope for the best. If the news is bad, however, the team’s rotation will be severely weakened heading into 2020.

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Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros might have lost Game 2 of the World Series, putting them in a big hole against the upstart Washington Nationals.

That doesn’t take away the fact, that Verlander made history during his start against the Nationals on Wednesday night, recording his 200th strikeout in the playoffs.

This broke the previous record of 199, owned by former Braves star John Smoltz, putting the veteran righty at the top of a list that includes some of the game’s best-ever hurlers.

It didn’t take long for the Virginia native to record the record-setting K in Game 2. He got Victor Robles to strike out on three pitches, recording his fourth strikeout in the first two innings of the game.

He didn’t have his best start on Wednesday, giving up four runs in only six innings on the bump. He struck out six hitters in total, which left him with 202 total postseason strikeouts, a mark that he will look to extend if the Astros manage to extend the series and get him another start.

Verlander owns a career 14-10 record with a 3.35 ERA in the playoffs. He has, however, struggled in the World Series with an 0-5 record and an elevated 5.73 ERA in 6 starts.

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The Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander will have two rehab starts in Triple-A before returning from the Injured List. The news was confirmed by Astros manager Joe Espada in a recent chat with reporters.

Verlander started the 2024 MLB season on IL due to a shoulder inflammation he experienced leading to spring training. He is now fully recovered and will have the opportunity to build up his pitch count with Astros’ Triple-A affiliate Sugar Land.

Verlander’s first start with Sugar Land will come on Saturday, and if that goes well, he will have one more outing in the minors before resuming MLB action.

“Just based on what I’ve seen and out of his live BPs and how he’s talking about how he feels, I think two starts,” said Espada of Verlander’s timeline for coming off the IL. “Should be good enough.”

The Astros badly need Verlnader back considering their poor start of the season. They were swept in the opening series against the New York Yankees and are currently sitting at 2-5.

Justin Verlander initially left the Houston Astros during the 2023 offseason to sign a lucrative deal with the New York Mets. However, he only made 16 starts with the Mets before being traded back to Houston.

 The three-time AL Cy Young Award winner ended up making 11 starts with the Astros to close out the season, going 7-3 with a 3.31 ERA and 63 strikeouts.

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The Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander won’t start his spring training on expected schedule. According to Verlander, he is dealing with a shoulder issue that will force him to start his preparation for the 2024 campaign later than expected.

“I’m a little bit behind schedule right now,” Verlander told ESPN. “I had a little hiccup early on that’s resolved itself, but I have to be really cautious with how I’m building up.

According to Verlander, he experienced a shoulder issue while playing catch.

“I’ve always been someone who luckily could pick up a ball and just start throwing it,” he explained. “This time, it wasn’t quite as easy, so I had to slow down a little bit.”

It is unclear whether Verlander will be ready in time to pitch on the Opening Day. The Astros will open their spring training on February 28 and play their first game of the season against the New York Yankees on March 28.

Justin Verlander missed the start of the 2023 season with a shoulder injury. He played in 27 games with the Astros and the Yankees, finishing the campaign with a 13-8 record, 3.22 ERA, and 144 strikeouts. He previously sat out the entire 2021 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.

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Star pitcher Justin Verlander will make a rehab start in the minors this week before making his debut for the New York Mets. Verlander hasn’t played at all in 2023 after suffering a teres major strain during spring training.

The Mets’ manager Buck Showalter said on Tuesday that Verlander is expected to throw three to four innings on Friday and then re-join the team. This opens the possibility of Verlander making his Mets’ debut on May 3 against the Detroit Tigers.

Speaking with reporters, Verlander said that it has been “frustrating” for him not to be able to play at the start of the season.

“It’s hard for me not to be a part of and not want to help in some way, shape, or form. But everybody behind the scenes is saying, ‘Just wait, your time will be here,’” Verlander said.

However, the three-time AL Cy Young Award winner said that he believes the injury is now behind him and that he is close to being 100% ready to play.

The Mets have been solid to start the 2023 season, going 14-10 in their first 24 games. However, they didn’t look as convincing as many predicted, considering the abundance of talent on their roster. With Verlander in the mix, that will likely change.

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The New York Mets didn’t wait long to replace Jacob deGrom after the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner bolted for Texas to sign with the Rangers. Just a few days later, the Mets landed three-time Cy Young winner Justin Verlander to take deGrom’s spot in the rotation.

According to multiple reports, Verlander inked a two-year, $86.66 million deal with the Mets. There is a club option for $2025 included, with the value coming at $35 million.

Spending this kind of money on a pitcher who will be 40 before the 2023 campaign starts might raise some eyebrows, but it is clear that the Mets are willing to do everything to get over the hump. And Verlander, coming off one of his best seasons in MLB, has the ability to help them do that.

Verlander spent almost two years on the sidelines due to a Tommy John surgery before making a comeback this past season. He delivered an impressive campaign with the Houston Astros in 2022 that saw him post an 18-4 record with a 1.75 ERA and 185 strikeouts. Verlander won Cy Young Award at the end of the season while helping the Astros win a World Series title.

The Mets will pair Verlander with another three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer at the top of their rotation. They are also expected to make more additions to their pitching staff in order to keep the momentum going after the 101-win outing in 2022.

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The Houston Astros came to an agreement to keep their ace Justin Verlander around for at least one year. The news was first reported by FOX’s reporter and Verlander’s brother Ben Verlander.

Reportedly, the agreement will see the eight-time All-Star earn $25 million in 2022. The deal also has a player option for 2023.

After delivering an impressive 2019 campaign that saw him win his second AL Cy Young Award, Justin Verlander ended up playing just one game in the shortened 2020 MLB season due to a forearm strain. He ended up having to undergo a Tommy John surgery that sidelined him for the entire 2021.

Entering the offseason as a free agent, Verlander recently organized a showcase for interested teams in order to demonstrate that the procedure and long break didn’t affect his pitching. It was reported at the time that 20 teams were in attendance, with most of them leaving impressed with what they saw from the 38-year-old.

Verlander joined the Astros midway through the 2017 season in a trade from the Detroit Tigers. He ended up becoming a key factor in Houston’s road to World Series win in the same year, picking up ALCS MVP honors along the way. He followed this up with two productive outings in 2018 and 2019, earning consecutive All-Star nods, finishing second and first in AL Cy Young Award voting, and picking up an All-MLB First Team nod.

Verlander, who had his MLB debut in 2005, is currently 226–129 in the majors. He has a career ERA of 3.33 with 3,013 strikeouts.

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The Houston Astros have been without star pitcher Justin Verlander nearly all season after he suffered a forearm strain after his first start of the year.

Unfortunately, it appears that the injury was more severe after Verlander announced on Saturday that he would undergo Tommy John Surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament.

Verlander, who won the 2019 AL Cy Young Award after a dominant season with the ‘Stros, is expected to go under the knife in the coming weeks for the first time in his long career.

The 37-year-old pitcher still doesn’t have an exact timeline for his recovery from the surgery, but the most likely scenario appears to be that he will miss the majority, if not all, of the 2021 season.

This is the first time that the surefire Hall of Famer will miss extended time in his career, as he has made 30+ starts in 13 of the past 14 seasons. Verlander’s durability has been matched by few pitchers over the past two decades, but it seems as if that streak will come to an unfortunate end.

Verlander will hit the free agent market after the 2021 season, and will now have more doubts than ever about his future after undergoing major surgery at such an advanced age.

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The Houston Astros have been put into a tough spot after learning that staff ace Justin Verlander will be out indefinitely with a forearm strain that could put his 2020 season in jeopardy.

After reports over the weekend that Verlander would miss the rest of the season, the veteran pitcher took to his Twitter account to inform fans that he does not know how long he will be out.

Verlander won his Opening Day start against the Seattle Mariners, tossing six innings of one-run ball and striking out seven batters. The reigning Cy Young Award winner did not show any signs of discomfort during his start, making the revelation that he was dealing with an injury a surprise when it was reported on Sunday.

The Virginia native won 21 games last season, compiling an outstanding 2.58 ERA in 34 starts. He was named to his eighth AL All-Star team as well, capping what was one of the best seasons of his storied career and cementing his status as one of baseball’s top hurlers.

The future Hall of Famer’s injury will force him to go to the injured list, but at this point, now one knows how much time he might miss. The Astros and Verlander alike are certainly hoping that he will return sooner rather than later.

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Houston Astros’ All-Star pitcher Justin Verlander decided to use the MLB offseason to address a nagging groin injury. According to Astros’ general manager James Click, Verlander underwent groin surgery and will spend the next six weeks rehabbing.

Verlander first experienced groin issues earlier this year, but expected that physical therapy could resolve the issue. However, after a series of setbacks, the medical team determined that surgery would be the best option going forward. 

“After a recent setback in his rehab, the medical staff recommended that a surgical procedure was necessary,” Click explained.

If everything goes right, Verlander will be just back in time for MLB’s opening day. The start of the 2020 season was recently postponed to May due to coronavirus pandemic.

 Justin Verlander is coming off an impressive season in which he won the AL Cy Young Award for the second time in his career. The 37-year-old finished 2019 with 21-6 record, accompanied by 2.58 ERA and career-high 300 strikeouts.  He also led the league in innings with 223.

Verlander’s good form wasn’t enough to propel Astros to a title, however. Houston advanced to the World Series, where they lost to underdogs Washington Nationals.

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After a tumultuous off-season and beginning to Spring Training that has seen the Astros deal with the fallout from a cheating scandal that has rocked baseball, a new problem has popped up for Dusty Baker’s team.

Justin Verlander was forced to leave his second Spring Training start of the year early after experiencing soreness in his right triceps, sounding alarm bells for the defending American League Champions.

Verlander, the winner of the 2018 AL Cy Young Award and the runner-up for last year’s trophy, left after pitching two innings against the Mets, allowing three hits and striking out one.

Manager Dusty Baker announced after the game that Verlander left before his scheduled four innings due to a sore right triceps muscle, a problem that could be problematic for the righty starter.

Further tests will be performed on Verlander to determine the extent and nature of the injury. Particular attention will be paid to the pitcher’s elbow ligaments, as triceps injuries are sometimes related to a more serious problem with this crucial part of a pitcher’s arm.

At this point, all the Astros can do is wait to see what the tests show and hope for the best. If the news is bad, however, the team’s rotation will be severely weakened heading into 2020.

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Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros might have lost Game 2 of the World Series, putting them in a big hole against the upstart Washington Nationals.

That doesn’t take away the fact, that Verlander made history during his start against the Nationals on Wednesday night, recording his 200th strikeout in the playoffs.

This broke the previous record of 199, owned by former Braves star John Smoltz, putting the veteran righty at the top of a list that includes some of the game’s best-ever hurlers.

It didn’t take long for the Virginia native to record the record-setting K in Game 2. He got Victor Robles to strike out on three pitches, recording his fourth strikeout in the first two innings of the game.

He didn’t have his best start on Wednesday, giving up four runs in only six innings on the bump. He struck out six hitters in total, which left him with 202 total postseason strikeouts, a mark that he will look to extend if the Astros manage to extend the series and get him another start.

Verlander owns a career 14-10 record with a 3.35 ERA in the playoffs. He has, however, struggled in the World Series with an 0-5 record and an elevated 5.73 ERA in 6 starts.

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