{"id":35351,"date":"2020-07-26T22:58:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T02:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=35351"},"modified":"2020-07-26T22:58:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T02:58:19","slug":"justin-verlander-astros-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/07\/26\/justin-verlander-astros-shut-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Astros Shutting Down Justin Verlander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/verlaju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Verlander<\/a><\/strong>, ace of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/houston-astros\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houston Astros<\/a>, will likely miss the rest of the season, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/texas-sports-nation\/astros\/article\/Astros-Justin-Verlander-out-for-season-with-15435496.php\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chandler Rome of the <em>Houston Chronicle<\/em><\/a>. According to the report, the 37-year-old has a forearm strain that will force his absence. Verlander will be shut down for a couple of weeks at least. He will be reevaluated at that point. Manager <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=bakerdu01,baker-000dus&amp;search=Dusty+Baker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dusty Baker<\/a><\/strong> hasn&#8217;t completely ruled out the return of his ace, but it seems as if his season is over. Verlander tweeted that he doesn&#8217;t think he will miss the rest of the season. He is hopeful that with some rest, it will heal itself. In fact, Verlander strongly denied the report by the <em>Houston Chronicle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2019 Season<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The reigning Cy Young Award winner finished 2019 with a 21-6 record. He led the league with 223 innings and was second in strikeouts with exactly 300. His 0.803 WHIP was the third-lowest in modern Major League history. The future Hall of Famer edged out teammate <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/colege01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerrit Cole<\/a><\/strong> in a great Cy Young race.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2020 Season<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In his Opening Day start, Justin Verlander picked up the win in an 8-2 victory. He went six innings, striking out seven, and allowed two runs via solo home runs. The ace was supposed to pitch on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The star-studded two-game set is a 2017 World Series rematch, and it will be down one megastar.<\/p>\n<p>The Houston Astros have a number of mostly <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2020\/07\/12\/options-to-round-out-the-houston-astros-rotation\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">young options<\/a> to turn to. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/u\/urquijo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jose Urquidy<\/a><\/strong> has returned to the team, after missing all of summer camp. He has to build back up, but he potentially could take Verlander&#8217;s place. An intriguing option could be adding top prospect <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=whitle000for&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forrest Whitley<\/a><\/strong> to the roster. Regardless of who replaces him, this is a huge blow for a team that is competing for a World Series championship.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"synHbOMpSRp_aYa98xAf4Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1257095407\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'synHbOMpSRp_aYa98xAf4Q',sig:'A-ToXEb2g9Q7UHg9JoL9O7rGUTwS2E7eW6x-khOShyE=',w:'594px',h:'435px',items:'1257095407',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Verlander, ace of the Houston Astros, will likely miss the rest of the season, according to a report by Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. According to the report, the 37-year-old has a forearm strain that will force his absence. Verlander will be shut down for a couple of weeks at least. 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