Detroit — The Drew VerHagen mystery continues.
He is 6-6, he throws four-seam and two-seam fastballs on a downhill plane anywhere between 93 and 96 mph. He has two different curve balls — one with a 12-to-6 break and another sharper — and a slider. And yet, he continues to struggle at the major-league level.
He was roughed up for seven runs, including six in a brutal fourth inning, Monday, as the Yankees took the first game of a split doubleheader from the Tigers, 7-4.
By now you know VerHagen’s saga. He made the club out of spring training as one of the late-inning set-up men out of the bullpen.