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As he enters his age-37 season, Justin Verlander may be getting some oomph back on his pitches. The Houston Astros right-hander made his first start of the spring Tuesday, throwing 53 pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals. He topped out at 97 miles …
Justin Verlander finally addressed the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal on Thursday along with several of his teammates, and the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner seemed to indicate that he expressed displeasure with the tactics when they …
Justin Verlander on Saturday night accepted the American League Cy Young Award at the New York Baseball Writers’ Association of America dinner, and he said something in his speech that did not sit well with some. During his acceptance speech, …
Justin Verlander has made no public comments about the punishment that was handed down to the Houston Astros after Major League Baseball determined the team cheated in 2017, but someone has raised a lot of suspicions by adamantly defending the Cy …
Justin Verlander is one of the more outspoken players in MLB, but he, like his other Houston Astros teammates, has been quiet since the league handed down punishment to the team on Monday. That’s particularly notable in Verlander’s case …
Shut it down, shut it all down. Yu Darvish had been waiting a year and a half to get back at Justin Verlander over a tweet, and he finally got his revenge. First, let’s travel back to April 2018 when Darvish tripped while rounding second base …
Justin Verlander lightened the mood on Wednesday night with a funny defensive play in Game 2 of the World Series against the Washington Nationals. The Houston Astros starter had a 1-2 count on Ryan Zimmerman in the top of the fourth inning of a 2-2 …
Like mother like daughter for the Upton/Verlander family. Kate Upton and husband Justin Verlander had daughter Genevieve last year. Upton does not share any public photos of her daughter’s face, but she did share a great picture on Instagram of …
The Houston Astros made a great defensive play to keep Game 2 of the ALCS tied in the sixth inning, and perhaps nobody was more excited about it than Kate Upton. Upton’s husband Justin Verlander was in trouble with runners on first and second …
Justin Verlander has never been shy about speaking out about the state of Major League Baseball, and he was happy to hold court again Saturday ahead of Game 1 of the ALCS. Verlander suggested that the characteristics of the baseball aren’t a …
The Tampa Bay Rays lost Game 1 of the ALDS 6-2 to the Houston Astros on Friday, and the story was pretty simple. Astros ace Justin Verlander threw seven shutout innings, giving up just one hit and striking out eight. The Rays were completely stymied, …
Justin Verlander is coming off another outstanding season and is showing no signs of slowing down, but it would be unrealistic to think he can continue to put together 20-win seasons well into his 40s, wouldn’t it? He doesn’t seem to …
Kate Upton congratulated her husband Justin Verlander on pitching his third career no-hitter with a nice note Sunday afternoon. Upton’s post on Twitter included a photo of the two together after the Houston Astros won the 2017 World Series. She …
It’s fair to say that Justin Verlander’s Sunday may have been very different if not for a little bit of timely help from teammate Abraham Toro. Verlander was three outs away from a no-hitter, but the Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays …
Justin Verlander made history with a dominant no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. Verlander walked Cavan Biggio, the second hitter of the game, and then proceeded to retire the next 26 batters in a row en route to his third career …
Justin Verlander was ejected during the sixth inning of Tuesday’s Houston Astros-Tampa Bay Rays game after taking issue with umpire Pat Hoberg’s strike zone. Verlander was leading 9-0 and facing Tampa Bay’s Tommy Pham with one out. …
