Berlinicke, Jeff
Verlander still throws in the upper 90s deep into games. From a wider scope, Verlander is a 17-year veteran whose accolades include nine All-Star selections, the 2006 American League Rookie of the Year Award and the 2011 AL MVP. He’s earned two of his three Cy Young Awards in the ...
Will the playoffs of the next decade be more marked by the Andrew Millers of the world, or the Verlanders? Everything is working against the Verlander model. With each season, more and more innings are shifted from the rotation to the bullpen. Increasingly, teams are adhering to analytical ...
Hunter Brown,Ronel Blanco, deadline acquisitionYusei Kikuchiand rookieSpencer Arrighetti. The plan for Houston moving forward seems to be to adopt a six-man rotation. That will help to mitigate concerns regarding Verlander’s neck as well as workload concerns for Blanco, who’s already set a ...
Steward, Carl
Leyland defends starting a rookie: the Tigers skipper had his reasons for giving Justin Verlander the nod over Kenny Rogers in Game 5.(baseball manager Jim Leyland)Smith, Claire