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Birth Date	2-20-1983
Height	6' 5"
Weight	235 lbs

Age	42 years, 1 months, 22 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 0.82015
: 5.12016
: 3.92017
: 7.32018
: 2.62019
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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2005	DET	2	2	11.3	0	2	15	5	7	1	100	11.9	4.0	0.8	5.6	0%	.350	1.76	4.54	7.15	111	5.97	128.5	-0.1
2006	DET	30	30	186.0	17	9	187	60	124	21	107	9.0	2.9	1.0	6.0	0%	.294	1.33	4.38	3.63	104	5.27	107.4	1.1
2007	DET	32	32	201.7	18	6	181	67	183	20	104	8.1	3.0	0.9	8.2	0%	.279	1.23	4.05	3.66	92	3.68	76.0	4.5
2008	DET	33	33	201.0	11	17	195	87	163	18	103	8.7	3.9	0.8	7.3	0%	.296	1.40	4.20	4.84	106	5.19	110.6	0.8
2009	DET	35	35	240.0	19	9	219	63	269	20	104	8.2	2.4	0.8	10.1	0%	.319	1.18	2.84	3.45	74	2.99	64.2	6.9
2010	DET	33	33	224.3	18	9	190	71	219	14	110	7.6	2.8	0.6	8.8	0%	.286	1.16	2.93	3.37	79	2.77	62.6	6.5
2011	DET	34	34	251.0	24	5	174	57	250	24	108	6.2	2.0	0.9	9.0	0%	.236	0.92	3.02	2.40	77	2.47	57.4	7.7
2012	DET	33	33	238.3	17	8	192	60	239	19	103	7.3	2.3	0.7	9.0	0%	.273	1.06	2.89	2.64	80	2.75	63.0	6.8
2013	DET	34	34	218.3	13	12	212	75	217	19	100	8.7	3.1	0.8	8.9	0%	.316	1.31	3.30	3.46	89	3.31	79.2	4.3
2014	DET	32	32	206.0	15	12	223	65	159	18	105	9.7	2.8	0.8	6.9	0%	.317	1.40	3.77	4.54	106	5.26	128.9	-1.1
2015	DET	20	20	133.3	5	8	113	32	113	13	109	7.6	2.2	0.9	7.6	0%	.267	1.09	3.46	3.38	104	4.60	107.5	0.8
2016	DET	34	34	227.7	16	9	171	57	254	30	108	6.8	2.3	1.2	10.0	35%	.255	1.00	3.44	3.04	95	3.40	75.3	5.1
2017	DET	28	28	172.0	10	8	153	67	176	23	109	8.0	3.5	1.2	9.2	34%	.283	1.28	4.05	3.82	102	4.03	85.7	3.0
2017	HOU	5	5	34.0	5	0	17	5	43	4	104	4.5	1.3	1.1	11.4	32%	.194	0.65	2.67	1.06	86	3.08	65.5	0.9
2017	TOT	33	33	206.0	15	8	170	72	219	27	108	7.4	3.1	1.2	9.6	34%	.271	1.17	3.83	3.36	100	3.87	82.3	3.9
2018	HOU	34	34	214.0	16	9	156	37	290	28	96	6.6	1.6	1.2	12.2	31%	.272	0.90	2.81	2.52	73	2.33	52.1	7.3
2019	HOU	34	34	223.0	21	6	137	42	300	36	102	5.5	1.7	1.5	12.1	36%	.219	0.80	3.30	2.58	74	2.51	51.5	7.9
Career		453	453	2982.0	225	129	2535	850	3006	308	105	7.7	2.6	0.9	9.1	39%	.282	1.14	3.41	3.33	89	3.52	78.1	62.5

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2005	DET	MLB	AL	2	2	11.3	0	2	15	5	7	1	100	11.9	4.0	0.8	5.6	0%	.350	1.76	4.54	7.15	111	5.97	128.5
2006	DET	MLB	AL	30	30	186.0	17	9	187	60	124	21	107	9.0	2.9	1.0	6.0	0%	.294	1.33	4.38	3.63	104	5.27	107.4
2007	DET	MLB	AL	32	32	201.7	18	6	181	67	183	20	104	8.1	3.0	0.9	8.2	0%	.279	1.23	4.05	3.66	92	3.68	76.0
2008	DET	MLB	AL	33	33	201.0	11	17	195	87	163	18	103	8.7	3.9	0.8	7.3	0%	.296	1.40	4.20	4.84	106	5.19	110.6
2009	DET	MLB	AL	35	35	240.0	19	9	219	63	269	20	104	8.2	2.4	0.8	10.1	0%	.319	1.18	2.84	3.45	74	2.99	64.2
2010	DET	MLB	AL	33	33	224.3	18	9	190	71	219	14	110	7.6	2.8	0.6	8.8	0%	.286	1.16	2.93	3.37	79	2.77	62.6
2011	DET	MLB	AL	34	34	251.0	24	5	174	57	250	24	108	6.2	2.0	0.9	9.0	0%	.236	0.92	3.02	2.40	77	2.47	57.4
2012	DET	MLB	AL	33	33	238.3	17	8	192	60	239	19	103	7.3	2.3	0.7	9.0	0%	.273	1.06	2.89	2.64	80	2.75	63.0
2013	DET	MLB	AL	34	34	218.3	13	12	212	75	217	19	100	8.7	3.1	0.8	8.9	0%	.316	1.31	3.30	3.46	89	3.31	79.2
2014	DET	MLB	AL	32	32	206.0	15	12	223	65	159	18	105	9.7	2.8	0.8	6.9	0%	.317	1.40	3.77	4.54	106	5.26	128.9
2015	DET	MLB	AL	20	20	133.3	5	8	113	32	113	13	109	7.6	2.2	0.9	7.6	0%	.267	1.09	3.46	3.38	104	4.60	107.5
2015	TOL	AAA	INT	2	2	8.3	0	0	10	2	12	0	100	10.8	2.2	0.0	13.0	0%	.435	1.44	1.35	3.24	59	4.16	91.2
2016	DET	MLB	AL	34	34	227.7	16	9	171	57	254	30	108	6.8	2.3	1.2	10.0	35%	.255	1.00	3.44	3.04	95	3.40	75.3
2017	DET	MLB	AL	28	28	172.0	10	8	153	67	176	23	109	8.0	3.5	1.2	9.2	34%	.283	1.28	4.05	3.82	102	4.03	85.7
2017	HOU	MLB	AL	5	5	34.0	5	0	17	5	43	4	104	4.5	1.3	1.1	11.4	32%	.194	0.65	2.67	1.06	86	3.08	65.5
2018	HOU	MLB	AL	34	34	214.0	16	9	156	37	290	28	96	6.6	1.6	1.2	12.2	31%	.272	0.90	2.81	2.52	73	2.33	52.1
2019	HOU	MLB	AL	34	34	223.0	21	6	137	42	300	36	102	5.5	1.7	1.5	12.1	36%	.219	0.80	3.30	2.58	74	2.51	51.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	3421	0.4911	0.4557	0.7973	0.6286	0.2889	0.8551	0.6759	0.2027
2009	3898	0.5195	0.4928	0.7522	0.6040	0.3727	0.8103	0.6504	0.2478
2010	3736	0.5171	0.4582	0.7815	0.5864	0.3210	0.8411	0.6649	0.2185
2011	3914	0.5026	0.4655	0.7569	0.6111	0.3184	0.8161	0.6419	0.2431
2012	3759	0.5001	0.4908	0.7409	0.6452	0.3363	0.7964	0.6345	0.2591
2013	3681	0.5042	0.4787	0.7577	0.6546	0.2997	0.8173	0.6252	0.2423
2014	3396	0.4944	0.4685	0.7957	0.6468	0.2941	0.8471	0.6851	0.2043
2015	2146	0.4907	0.4809	0.7742	0.6638	0.3047	0.8298	0.6577	0.2258
2016	3662	0.4896	0.4984	0.7304	0.6587	0.3446	0.8036	0.5963	0.2696
2017	3545	0.5106	0.4880	0.7630	0.6514	0.3176	0.8380	0.6025	0.2370
2018	3423	0.5273	0.5083	0.6810	0.6609	0.3381	0.7494	0.5320	0.3190
2019	3242	0.5126	0.5188	0.6629	0.6594	0.3709	0.7445	0.5102	0.3371
Career	41823	0.5055	0.4835	0.7493	0.6376	0.3265	0.8123	0.6232	0.2507

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-09-15	2014-09-19	DTD	4	3	Right	Fingers	Blister		-
2014-08-12	2014-08-23	DTD	11	10	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2014-02-25	2014-03-11	Camp	14	0	-	Abdomen	Recovery From Surgery	Core Muscle	2014-01-09	-
2014-01-09	2014-01-09	Off	0	0	-	Abdomen	Surgery	Core Muscle	2014-01-09	-
2013-07-15	2013-07-20	DTD	5	1	Right	Thigh	Tightness	Quadriceps	-	-
2013-04-25	2013-04-25	DTD	0	0	Right	Thumb	Blister		-	-
2012-05-13	2012-05-13	DTD	0	0	Right	Thumb	Laceration	Broken Callus	-	-
2011-04-04	2011-04-06	DTD	2	1		General Medical	Gastrointestinal	Food Poisoning	-	-
2006-09-25	2006-10-05	DTD	10	6	Right	Arm	Fatigue		-
2006-08-02	2006-08-11	DTD	9	8	Right	Arm	Fatigue		-	-
2006-05-11	2006-05-18	DTD	7	5	Right	Fingers	Blister		-	-
2005-08-03	2005-09-06	Minors	34	0	Right	Shoulder	Tightness		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2006	DET	$980,000
2007	DET	$1,030,000
2009	DET	$3,675,000
2010	DET	$6,916,666
2011	DET	$12,916,667
2012	DET	$20,166,667
2013	DET	$20,000,000
2014	DET	$20,000,000
2015	DET	$28,000,000
2016	DET	$28,000,000
2017	DET	$28,000,000
2018	DET	$8,000,000
2018	HOU	$20,000,000
2019	DET	$8,000,000
2019	HOU	$20,000,000
2020	HOU	$33,000,000
2021	HOU	$33,000,000
2022	HOU	$25,000,000
2023	NYN	$43,333,333
2024	NYN	$43,333,333
2025	NYN	$

Years	Description	Salary
18 yr	Previous	$403,351,666
18 yr	Total	$403,351,666

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
17 y 2 d	ISE	2 years/$86,666,666 (2023-24), '25 optio

Details

2 years/$86,666,666 (2023-24), plus conditional 2025 player option. Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/5/22. 23:$43,333,333, 24:$43,333,333, 25: conditional $35M player option triggered if 1) Verlander pitches 140 innings in 2024 and 2) an independent physical exam determines Verlander does not have a right arm injury which would prevent him from being on the active roster for Opening Day 2025. Award bonuses: $200,000 each for MVP or Cy Young ($150,000 for second place in MVP or Cy Young vote, $150,000 for third). $150,000 for WS MVP. $100,000 for LCS MVP. $100,000 for All Star. Full no-trade protection. Perks: hotel suite on road. Right to lease Citi Field luxury suite for home games. Acquired by Houston in trade from NY Mets 8/1/23 (Mets to pay $35M of $57,544,802 remaining guaranteed money and $17.5M of $35M salary if conditional player option for 2025 is triggered).
1 year/$25M (2022), plus 2023 conditional player option. Re-signed by Houston as a free agent 12/1/21. With 130 innings pitched in 2022, Verlander has 2023 player option at $25M.
2 years/$66M (2020-21). Signed extension with Houston 3/24/19. Award bonuses: $200,000 for Cy Young ($175,000 for second in vote, $150,000 for third, $125,000 for fourth, $100,000 for fifth). $100,000 for WS MVP. $75,000 for All Star, Gold Glove, LCS MVP. Full no-trade protection. At signing, highest-ever average annual value for a pitcher. Houston made qualifying offer 11/21. Verlander rejected qualifying offer 11/17/21.
7 years/$180M (2013-19), plus 2020 option. Signed extension with Detroit 3/29/13, replacing final two years of previous deal. 13:$20M, 14:$20M, 15:$28M, 16:$28M, 17:$28M, 18:$28M, 19:$28M. 20:$22M option. 2020 option vests with Top 5 in 2019 Cy Young vote. Award bonuses, including $0.1M for All-Star selection. No-trade protection. Acquired by Houston in trade from Detroit 8/31/17 with $60,743,169 remaining on contract. As part of the deal, Tigers to pay Astros $17,355,191 ($1,355,191 on 10/15/17, $8M on 6/15/18 and $8M on 6/15/19). Verlander retains full no-trade protection and agreed to waive 2020 vesting option.
5 years/$80M (2010-14). Signed extension with Detroit 2/4/10 (avoided arbitration, $9.5M-$6.9M). $0.5M signing bonus. 10:$6.75M, 11:$12.75M, 12:$20M, 13:$20M, 14:$20M. Award bonuses, including $0.5M for Cy Young.
1 year/$3.675M (2009). Re-signed by Detroit 2/3/09 (avoided arbitration, $4.15M-$3.2M).
5 years/$4.5M (2005-09). Signed Major League contract with Detroit 10/04. $3.12M signing bonus (paid 2005-09). 05:$100,000, 06:$150,000, 07:$200,000, 08:$250,000, 09:$600,000. Salaries in majors: 05:$316,000, 06:$350,000, 07:$400,000, 08:$500,000. $900,000 in performance bonuses. If he would otherwise qualify for arbitration, Verlander may opt out and file for arbitration. Recalled 7/05. Optioned to Double-A 7/05. Recalled 7/05. Optioned to Triple-A 7/05.
Drafted by Detroit 2004 (1-2) (Old Dominion).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
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Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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2020-03-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I was wondering if, because of a shortened schedule, you had any tactics or perhaps changes to your draft plans in roto leagues. I.e. less games to pitch so go heavier on stud sps, or would you rather beef up your offense because effective streaming wont eat into innings limitations? (spotted cow from Rockford)	Great question, and I will go into more detail regarding the impact of the suspended season next week on the debut episode of the Five-Tool Fantasy Baseball Podcast presented by Fantrax. First, we do not necessarily know it will be a shortened season, though it is very likely. If it is, I am less likely to target prospects in redraft formats as what was previously a potential May/June promotion now may be a July/August promotion, and just two months of production is not worth a stash in most cases. The delay benefits currently injured players like Justin Verlander, Giancarlo Stanton, Mike Clevinger, Aaron Judge, and the like. I would take more shots at guys like that who may still have the injury stigma depressing their value. It does also benefit players on innings limits like Jesus Luzardo, and it may actually mean we see top pitching prospects like MacKenzie Gore earlier in the season than anticipated. I imagine most roto leagues will adjust innings limitations to account for a shortened season, or at least they should. (Jesse Roche)
2019-07-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I'm rebuilding in one of my dynasty leagues. Actually, I'm rebuilding in all of them, but my question is just about one. Anyway... this week I traded Chris Sale and Justin Verlander for Drew Waters, Jordan Groshans, and Dustin May. How did I do? (Aaron from Minnesota)	So here's the other end. Maybe it was two deals for Aaron that encompassed all these guys? I don't love it, Aaron. In fact, I checked to see if this was Aaron Gleeman just in case I had to be nice about it. It sucks. It's not good. Those three names for Sale alone...I can see. But then you just have Verlander for nothing. And I love May and Waters. Not good, Aaron. Not good. (Craig Goldstein)
2017-10-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Counterfactual: What happens if the Astros didn't want to part with any prospects and didn't trade for Verlander? (nschaef from NYC)	I mean they almost certainly still make the playoffs. It's just a matter of giving starts to [peers over roster] errr, Collin McHugh instead of Justin Verlander. You'd also have a clubhouse that's still justifiably ticked off about only trading for what's left of Francisco Liriano. (Nicolas Stellini)
2017-08-31 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Does Jerry D trade for Justin Verlander? Better question, Does Jerry D trade for another Cardinal? (jabuc47 from your backyard)	He'll probably orchestrate a deal that moves Verlander through St. Louis and get him then. Looooooove Jerry D. (Matthew Trueblood)
2016-12-01 19:00:00 (link to chat)	In a 16 team H2H dynasty league with a fairly old pitching staff. I have the opportunity to deal my Jon Gray, Joe Ross, and Carl Edwards for Justin Verlander and the 12th pick in our rookie draft. Too much to give up for the aging ace? (Alex from Charm City)	It's a little pricey for me but it's not crazy. You lose that trade if Gray eventually winds up somewhere besides Colorado, but you're trading a Coors starter, Ross - who has been OK - and a future reliever for Verlander and the pick. I'd try to squeeze a little more out of your opponent. (Mike Gianella)

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Justin Verlander has thrown 54,310 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2025, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2025, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Slider (85mph), also mixing in a Change (86mph) and Curve (79mph).