DETROIT — If it’s June, Justin Verlander must be the subject of “is he aging out talk.”
The veteran right-hander will make his 14th start of the season Thursday night at home against the Tampa Bay Rays coming off two starts in which he did not get a decision.
Verlander is 4-4 with a 4.68 ERA that has been plumped by a couple of starts that were flatter than roadkill, though last Saturday was not one of them. Against the Boston Red Sox, he allowed three runs and five hits in five innings in Detroit’s 11-3 loss
“Last year he started a little bit slowly,” Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said of Verlander, who began last season with a 4.