As the ballclub ushers in a new class of Astros hall of famers, JV, who's likely to wind up among them, is about to do something just 48 players in baseball have done. Ready2Reign JustinVerlander
, Verlander had a full Astros season under his belt and was winding down to another one, which would bear fruit for him in the upcoming offseason.
"Where's Toro?" JV was remembered saying, looking for former Astros infielder Abraham Toro, who made the final out of the historic game. No one could see another Cy Young coming to Verlander, and you would be forgiven to think that way given the adversity he faced over the following two seasons.Ask any pro baseball player who has had Tommy John surgery, and they'll tell you that their approach to playing changes vastly after it.
JV required the surgery to fix the elbow in his pitching arm after starting on opening day of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. Not only did the Astros lose him for that ALCS run, but they were without him for the entire World Series run the following year, which is all indicative of the lengthy recovery time needed.
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