The Houston Astros made a move early Saturday morning that impacted their starting rotation for their series with Detroit.
The 41-year-old three-time Cy Young winner said to reporters that he tried to pitch through it. In each of hist last two starts he lasted five innings and gave up four earned runs in both outings.
After the announcement, Verlander spoke to reporters and said if this were a playoff situation he would be pitching. And, he said, the discomfort wasn’t an in-game issue. The Astros are dealing with a wealth of well-documented pitching injuries. Cristian Javier and Jose Urquidy are done for the season as each had Tommy John surgery recently. Luis Garcia and Lance McCullers Jr. are at least a month away from being able to help as they recover from surgeries a season ago.
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