Justin Verlander’s 2024 season isn’t exactly one to remember between the injuries, a couple of IL stints, and general ineffectiveness. Velocity, down. Strikeouts, down. ERA, up. FIP, up. Plenty of Verlander’s numbers have trended in the wrong direction. Time is undefeated and Verlander could be at the end of the road. Or not, as I’ve learned to not underestimate him. But the results this season don’t exactly paint a rosy outlook. As such, we entered Saturday’s game against the Guardians watching perhaps his last start as an Astro, with no guarantee that he would even crack the Wild Card roster early next week.
Justin Verlander Gets His 262nd Career Win, Astros Top Guardians 4-3
