(Editor’s note: This article covers much of the same territory as the one published by Clack yesterday. However, it was written before Clack’s was published. We publish this article for the sake of editorial diversity.)
Can the Astros live without Justin Verlander? Short answer: Yes, they can!
But in a bit longer explanation, in my opinion, they need someone to back them up in the rotation. As owner Jim Crane recently said, you can never have enough pitching – and the Astros have just lost the AL Cy Young award winner to the Mets. Somehow, that needs to be alleviated.