{"id":63534,"date":"2022-06-17T15:41:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T22:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jefebet.com\/uncategorized\/if-justin-verlander-hadnt-signed-with-the-astros-he-would-sign-with-these-teams\/"},"modified":"2022-06-18T16:57:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T23:57:35","slug":"if-justin-verlander-hadnt-signed-with-the-astros-he-would-sign-with-these-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/es\/noticias\/beisbol\/if-justin-verlander-hadnt-signed-with-the-astros-he-would-sign-with-these-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"If Justin Verlander Hadn&#8217;t Signed With the Astros, He Would Sign With These Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At 39 years old, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/verlaju01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justin Verlander<\/a> is still the ace of the Houston Astros&#8217; rotation in the 2022 season, something that almost didn&#8217;t happen. <\/p>\n\n<p>As the pitcher himself confessed to ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Passan, during the preseason negotiations as a free agent with the Astros there were two other teams that strongly bid for his services: <strong>the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At 39, can Justin Verlander go from Tommy John to Cy Young? From where he almost landed (Toronto) to what he thinks of the ball (it&#39;s fishy again) to what makes him tear up (his daughter) to a near-return last year (bad idea), Verlander opens up, at ESPN+. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iq6N4jVyx6\">https:\/\/t.co\/iq6N4jVyx6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T3u3HLG8EA\">pic.twitter.com\/T3u3HLG8EA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/1537820066733035521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 17, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u00abDir\u00eda que el l\u00edder probablemente fue Toronto. Fueron geniales. Y habl\u00e9 mucho con George (Springer). Fueron muy proactivos hasta el punto de que cuando firm\u00e9 con Houston, me asegur\u00e9 de hacerles saber que apreciaba toda la negociaci\u00f3n<\/p><cite>Justin Verlander on his trade with the Blue Jays<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Sin embargo, Justin Verlander tambi\u00e9n aclar\u00f3 que la prioridad la ten\u00edan los Astros, organizaci\u00f3n con la que juega desde 2017 y que termin\u00f3 ofreci\u00e9ndole un contrato por una temporada y 25 millones de d\u00f3lares, con una opci\u00f3n del jugador de un segundo a\u00f1o y 25 millones de d\u00f3lares m\u00e1s si lanza al menos 130 entradas esta temporada. <\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Houston was at the top of the list, but as negotiations began, they fell apart. Some other teams really started to show a lot of interest. In the end, when the time came, Houston had the same offer. It was kind of like a ballpark between them and Toronto, since New York was always one step behind.<\/p><cite>Justin Verlander on his decision to re-sign with Houston<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Remember that Verlander, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/noticias\/beisbol\/cy-young-liga-americana-mayo-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a two-time American League Cy Young Award winner <\/a>(one of those times playing with the Astros) missed the whole 2021 season after having Tommy John surgery on his right arm. This was something that put his career at severe risk due to his age. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justin Verlander, 95mph Fastball and 89mph Slider, Overlay. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yGccc94Er3\">pic.twitter.com\/yGccc94Er3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PitchingNinja\/status\/1536082747126579203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>But the quality and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/noticias\/beisbol\/lanzadores-con-mas-juegos-sin-hits-mlb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">talent of Justin Verlander seems to outweigh any adversity<\/a>. The right-hander has now pitched 78.2 innings for Houston and is the leader in all of baseball in games won (8) and WHIP (0.814), as well as a 1.94 ERA and 78 strikeouts. <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Can You Imagine Justin Verlander With the Yankees?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>Surely, Justin Verlander&#8217;s words about the Blue Jays and Yankees&#8217; interest in him will cause a social media frenzy, especially for what could have been his arrival in New York. <\/p>\n\n<p>While business has proven time and time again that past differences don&#8217;t matter, it would have been really interesting to see a member of the Houston Astros team play in the \u201cBig Apple\u201d after the sign stealing scandal of the 2017 season. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Verlander \" class=\"wp-image-63300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-561x374.jpg 561w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-265x177.jpg 265w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-531x354.jpg 531w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-728x486.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-608x406.jpg 608w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-758x506.jpg 758w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/blog.jefebet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/justin-verlander-2-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Recordemos que en esa temporada los Astros derrotaron a los Yankees en el Juego de Campeonato de la Americana antes de coronarse campeones de la Serie Mundial. Tras varias investigaciones, MLB confirm\u00f3 que ese a\u00f1o el equipo de Houston usaba tecnolog\u00eda para robar se\u00f1as de sus rivales, incluyendo esa serie contra Nueva York. <\/p>\n\n<p>The \u00abBronx Bombers\u00bb were severe in their criticism of the whole Houston squad, including Verlander, who won the Cy Young award that year. <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Do you like our content? Don&#8217;t forget to follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JefeBet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a> to keep up to date with all the sports information, only here at JefeBet.<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 39 years old, Justin Verlander is still the ace of the Houston Astros&#8217; rotation in the 2022 season, something that almost didn&#8217;t happen. 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