I can imagine our commenters searching online to find the nearest insane asylum for me. There are a few things I want to clarify here, the first being - I’m only talking about in 2019. Obviously, Justin Verlander is on a Hall of Fame pace and his storied career is something of legend.
This probably doesn’t quell most of the immediate thoughts of “this guy is an idiot”. I mean let’s look at the traditional stats:
Every one of them screams that Verlander has been the better pitcher. Better W-L, his ERA is 1.32 better, more IP per outing, better WHIP.