The Astros won their 63rd game last night versus the Detroit Tigers, whom Justin Verlander played most of his career with. If you read Ben Reiter’s new book, Astroball, you would know why Verlander chose to come to Houston. Yes, they had a great chance of winning the World Series. Yes, he wanted to help Houston recover from Hurricane Harvey. The real reason was that a majority of the All-Stars play in Houston.
That last part is not true, but it seems like it. Last year, the Astros sent George Springer, Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve, Dallas Keuchel, Lance McCullers, and Chris Devenski to the 2017 All-Star game.