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    Justin Verlander to the Astros

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    The Tigers get-back for Verlander was believed to include, Franklin Perez, Daz Cameron and possibly Jake Rodgers.

    Fuck. The Astros are going to win it all this year for the "victims", just like the post-Katrina Saints and the #BostonStrong Red Sox, aren't they?

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    Re: Justin Verlander to the Astros

    Quote Originally Posted by realmofotalk View Post
    @cmccosky
    The Tigers get-back for Verlander was believed to include, Franklin Perez, Daz Cameron and possibly Jake Rodgers.

    Fuck. The Astros are going to win it all this year for the "victims", just like the post-Katrina Saints and the #BostonStrong Red Sox, aren't they?
    Somehow the Yankees, of all teams, didn't get that memo in 2001.
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    Re: Justin Verlander to the Astros

    Bastards blew it in 01
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    Re: Justin Verlander to the Astros

    Quote Originally Posted by HollywoodLeo View Post
    Somehow the Yankees, of all teams, didn't get that memo in 2001.
    Because jet fuel can't melt steel beams and shit.

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    Re: Justin Verlander to the Astros

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    If Cubs, LAD, NYY, BOS and other big-market teams could do it all over again, it's hard to imagine Justin Verlander would pass through waivers, as he did last August. A 1.06 ERA in five starts with the Astros, 2.21 in the postseason. A two-year, $56m deal looks pretty good now.
    I don't think it was so much a matter of the "big market" teams not trying hard enough to get Verlander as much as it was the Astros being the best fit with them not having any big contracts yet on the books. And the Tigers didn't let him and his contract be had for nothing, the Astros had to give up prospects to make the deal in the last minute.
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