NEW: It was just a few months ago that three-time Cy Young winner Justin Verlander left the Houston Astros to join the New York Mets — now he’s reportedly heading back
Verlander, who was sidelined for the first month of the season with a low-grade teres major strain in his shoulder, went 6-5 with a 3.15 ERA in 16 starts for the Mets. In his final start for the team on Sunday, he recorded the 250th win of his career and left the mound at Citi Field to a standing ovation.
That proved to be the end of his brief stint in New York, with the Mets continuing a deadline reset after producing a disappointing 50-55 record. Verlander, who was a member of the Astros from 2017 to 2022, went 61-19 with a 2.26 ERA during that stretch. He won two Cy Youngs while with the team, helping the Astros win the World Series in 2017 and 2022. He returns to an Astros team that is competing for an AL West title at 60-47, currently sitting a half game behind the Texas Rangers.
That means the two roughly 40-year-old aces who opened the season in the Mets' rotation are now division rivals. The team on Saturday in exchange for 21-year-old shortstop/center fielder Luisangel Acuna. The Mets have also traded closer David Robertson to the Miami Marlins and outfielder Mark Canha to the Milwaukee Brewers in recent days.
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