DETROIT -- New York Mets star pitchers Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are returning to the mound, perhaps fittingly in Detroit against a team they helped have its last run of success.
"It's funny how baseball works," Verlander said Tuesday, surrounded by Detroit and New York-area reporters at Comerica Park.
The 40-year-old Verlander is scheduled to make his Mets debut on Thursday against the Tigers, who drafted the right-hander No. 2 overall in 2004 and traded him to Houston in 2017.
Verlander's season-opening start was delayed due to a back injury.