Karabell wrote on Friday<\/a>. \u201cLast season, he won four games for the Giants, but his 1.2 WAR wasn\u2019t so bad, in context. Only four Tigers pitchers earned more WAR (Skubal,\u00a0Reese Olson,\u00a0Will Vest,\u00a0Casey Mize).\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThe Tigers surely would surely make room in their rotation for this future Hall of Famer, who not only offers veteran leadership to a team looking for its third consecutive playoff berth, but warrants inclusion based on on-field performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Verlander\u2019s 2025 season with the San Francisco Giants marked a challenging yet resilient chapter in his storied tenure. After signing with the team, he posted a 4-11 record across 29 starts, logging 152 innings with a 3.85 ERA and 137 strikeouts. <\/p>\n
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Despite a sluggish start, Verlander delivered memorable performances, including a 10-strikeout game against opponents on August 31 at age 42, and he became the 10th pitcher ever to reach 3,500 career strikeouts. He closed the year strongly, earning a win in a quality start against the Rockies on September 27, helping the Giants to a 4-3 victory.<\/p>\n
Over his 21-year career, Verlander has amassed 266 wins, 3,553 strikeouts, and a 3.32 ERA through 555 starts. A three-time Cy Young winner, two-time World Series champion, and 2011 AL MVP, he has pitched for the Tigers, Astros, Mets, and Giants, cementing his place among baseball\u2019s all-time greats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 42 years of age, Justin Verlander isn\u2019t ready to hang up his spikes just yet. The future…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-434598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}