Justin Verlander won the 2022 World Series as a member of the Houston Astros, but the Mets sold him on their own vision of a title.
The three-time Cy Young award winner agreed to a two-year, $86 million deal with the Amazins on Monday, and his brother, MLB insider Ben Verlander, said the righty is excited about his new team’s commitment to winning.on Monday. “The first thing to me after talking to Justin is just how happy he is – relieved, excited, pumped up. It was very, very obvious from the second he called, the smile on his face.
“He said that the direction that this franchise has been heading for the last few years has been something that he’s taken notice of very clearly,” Ben Verlander said. “And not just on the field,– the hirings that they’ve been making off the field, the analytics department, the strength and conditioning, the people that need to be added in the right place have been, and he’s been very impressed by the direction that this franchise has been going.
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