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Speaker 1: They're still all right, gentlemen. Here we go. So listening

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to the Krush City Pod, they brought up Justin Verlander's name.

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Who Justin James Alexander Brooks, Rodriguez Verlander. Quoting Chandler Rome,

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he thinks it's better than fifty to fifty that Verlander

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comes back.

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Speaker 2: I could see it.

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Speaker 1: He made fifteen million dollars. I want to say last

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year with the Giants.

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Speaker 2: That was Baseball America's projected deal for him would be

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one year, fifteen million.

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Speaker 1: He believes. This is Chandler speaking, and I'm paraphrasing here.

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It's somewhere along the lines of about between twelve and

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fifteen million dollars. Here, JUSTINU, Horatio Brooks, it's the Brooks.

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That's fine. Last year pre All Star Break, I actually

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have it here. I looked it up. What did I say?

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Speaker 2: I thought you would have it. I can find it.

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Speaker 1: Pre All Start oh and seven in fifteen starts with

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an e are of four point seven zero. Honestly, to

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be oh and seven with an arnie of under five

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is actually quite remarkable when you think about it. Pulse

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All Star Break, which would be July four and fourth,

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an ernie of two point ninety nine and fourteen starts.

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Giants weren't great, didn't give much run support. Ere three

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is ridiculously good. Now, what you do in August and

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September does not translate to the following march in April.

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It doesn't. I mean you'd like it to do, but

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that's not always guaranteed. But there is some insatiable thirst

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by Honestly, Jim Cramke would be my guest. I think

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he loves the fact that Justin Verlondar has worn an

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aster in uniform once, twice and maybe even a third time.

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I don't think Chandler was pulling this out of his ass.

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I think there is something to this. So I ask

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you Astro fans, are you ready to embrace Justin Verlander

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for a third time? Two sixty six and one fifty

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eight is his career record earnie of three point thirty two.

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He is going to be a first ballot Hall of Famer.

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He's not going to reach three hundred victories. It would

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take him years. Last year overall, he was four and

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eleven with an earn run average of three point eighty five.

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His whip was one point three to six. That's a

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little that's actually a significant high, pretty high, pretty high.

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But again, second half season earning of three, first half

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season of four point seven zero. He will be forty

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three years old an opening day.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.

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First of all, it feels like it's gonna happen. He

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says better than fifty to fifty. Obviously, we trust Channel

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of Roman what he says about the Astros. We know

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the previous relationship with Jim Crane. It'll happen.

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Speaker 1: But I just.

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Speaker 2: There are more ways this can go wrong than it

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can go right, whether it be injury, continuing age, decline,

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under performance, whatever, right, rather than a forty three year

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old having a great season, and you know, living up

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to fifteen million dollars isn't great. I mean, but if

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he did what he did last year with the Giants,

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that's just okay, it's not great. What is his wins

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above replacement was one point two, Like he's slightly above

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average pitcher.