Speaking of Verlander, if he wanted to hit his 140 innings to vest, he'd probably have to make another 14 starts this year (for around 6 IP per start). That ain't happening, even if he came back today.txags92 said:
I find it fascinating that within the course of a few weeks with JV, we have gone from "he is going to skip a start because he slept wrong and has soreness in his neck" to "getting JV back this season would be icing on the cake". Not blaming JV, just amazing how snake bit our starting pitchers have been this season.
The Mets are happy about this, b/c they are on the hook for half of that option.