Speaker 1: They're still all right, gentlemen. Here we go. So listening
to the Krush City Pod, they brought up Justin Verlander's name.
Who Justin James Alexander Brooks, Rodriguez Verlander. Quoting Chandler Rome,
he thinks it's better than fifty to fifty that Verlander
comes back.
Speaker 2: I could see it.
Speaker 1: He made fifteen million dollars. I want to say last
year with the Giants.
Speaker 2: That was Baseball America's projected deal for him would be
one year, fifteen million.
Speaker 1: He believes. This is Chandler speaking, and I'm paraphrasing here.
It's somewhere along the lines of about between twelve and
fifteen million dollars. Here, JUSTINU, Horatio Brooks, it's the Brooks.
That's fine. Last year pre All Star Break, I actually
have it here. I looked it up. What did I say?
Speaker 2: I thought you would have it. I can find it.
Speaker 1: Pre All Start oh and seven in fifteen starts with
an e are of four point seven zero. Honestly, to
be oh and seven with an arnie of under five
is actually quite remarkable when you think about it. Pulse
All Star Break, which would be July four and fourth,
an ernie of two point ninety nine and fourteen starts.
Giants weren't great, didn't give much run support. Ere three
is ridiculously good. Now, what you do in August and
September does not translate to the following march in April.
It doesn't. I mean you'd like it to do, but
that's not always guaranteed. But there is some insatiable thirst
by Honestly, Jim Cramke would be my guest. I think
he loves the fact that Justin Verlondar has worn an
aster in uniform once, twice and maybe even a third time.
I don't think Chandler was pulling this out of his ass.
I think there is something to this. So I ask
you Astro fans, are you ready to embrace Justin Verlander
for a third time? Two sixty six and one fifty
eight is his career record earnie of three point thirty two.
He is going to be a first ballot Hall of Famer.
He's not going to reach three hundred victories. It would
take him years. Last year overall, he was four and
eleven with an earn run average of three point eighty five.
His whip was one point three to six. That's a
little that's actually a significant high, pretty high, pretty high.
But again, second half season earning of three, first half
season of four point seven zero. He will be forty
three years old an opening day.
Speaker 2: I mean, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
First of all, it feels like it's gonna happen. He
says better than fifty to fifty. Obviously, we trust Channel
of Roman what he says about the Astros. We know
the previous relationship with Jim Crane. It'll happen.
Speaker 1: But I just.
Speaker 2: There are more ways this can go wrong than it
can go right, whether it be injury, continuing age, decline,
under performance, whatever, right, rather than a forty three year
old having a great season, and you know, living up
to fifteen million dollars isn't great. I mean, but if
he did what he did last year with the Giants,
that's just okay, it's not great. What is his wins
above replacement was one point two, Like he's slightly above
average pitcher.