But ya know we needed Chris Paddock and Charlie Morton
September 18, 2025
“But Verlander is washed” “he’s 0-7” 😂
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Was Verlander available on the trade market? I have seen absolutely zero articles saying that he was.
Verlander was one of the worst starting pitchers in baseball before the trade deadline.
I wanted them to get him at the time. Definitely regret that they got Paddack and not JV. I understand (but disagree with) the arguments against trading for him.
I mean this very meme illustrates how no one saw this coming. I don’t recall a single person saying “He’s due to pull a Roger Clemens anytime now!”
And Cobb in the offseason, who we gave the same contract as what JV signed.
Really disappointed in this.
This would have helped us score more than 3 runs in two games
I really feel like ordering a copy of Old Yeller and having it sent to Scott Harris.
He’s amazing. What else can you say? Remember when folks tried to convince some of us that he was washed? lol.
I retract my precious diskissial of his season. He’s really turned it on as the year has gone on. He was not any good earlier this season.
This subreddit is full of the most casual fans who obviously don’t know baseball very well but get very, very upset over moves our baseball team makes. It’s funny, none of these braindead posts were around when we sucked this last decade. Now that we’re good people are instantly pissed.
Paddack and Morton probably were never making the playoff roster… It would have been disrespectful to bring Verlander home just to do the same…
what he’s done after the deadline not a single person would have said it would happen lol
Not saying I agree with it, but I’d imagine the thought process was at this stage in their careers all three pitchers are similar in ability, and you get two throws at the dartboard instead of one for a third of the price.
And there’s no guarantee he’d have caught fire in Detroit. Maybe he comes back, gets a bit overhyped by the situation, and gets hurt.
Or he comes back and is 95% of what he used to be and now you get 5 starts of Skubal/Verlander in the World Series.
Was he even available, or are we just throwing out names?
Edit: I see the link in which this was explained but doesn’t say the asking price. Maybe they looked into it.
The claim in that image isnt close to true. He had seven outings in a row of 0 or 1 run in summer 2011. I didn’t even check other seasons.
I thought he left because he wanted to win and the Tigers were sitting in the basement looking like they’d lose 100 games that year.
Also, Nolan Ryan was 44 when he pitched his last no-hitter. Doesn’t really fit the conversation but I thought it was a fun fact.
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Was Verlander available on the trade market? I have seen absolutely zero articles saying that he was.
Verlander was one of the worst starting pitchers in baseball before the trade deadline.
I wanted them to get him at the time. Definitely regret that they got Paddack and not JV. I understand (but disagree with) the arguments against trading for him.
I mean this very meme illustrates how no one saw this coming. I don’t recall a single person saying “He’s due to pull a Roger Clemens anytime now!”
And Cobb in the offseason, who we gave the same contract as what JV signed.
Really disappointed in this.
This would have helped us score more than 3 runs in two games
I really feel like ordering a copy of Old Yeller and having it sent to Scott Harris.
He’s amazing. What else can you say? Remember when folks tried to convince some of us that he was washed? lol.
I retract my precious diskissial of his season. He’s really turned it on as the year has gone on. He was not any good earlier this season.
This subreddit is full of the most casual fans who obviously don’t know baseball very well but get very, very upset over moves our baseball team makes. It’s funny, none of these braindead posts were around when we sucked this last decade. Now that we’re good people are instantly pissed.
Paddack and Morton probably were never making the playoff roster… It would have been disrespectful to bring Verlander home just to do the same…
what he’s done after the deadline not a single person would have said it would happen lol
Not saying I agree with it, but I’d imagine the thought process was at this stage in their careers all three pitchers are similar in ability, and you get two throws at the dartboard instead of one for a third of the price.
And there’s no guarantee he’d have caught fire in Detroit. Maybe he comes back, gets a bit overhyped by the situation, and gets hurt.
Or he comes back and is 95% of what he used to be and now you get 5 starts of Skubal/Verlander in the World Series.
Was he even available, or are we just throwing out names?
Edit: I see the link in which this was explained but doesn’t say the asking price. Maybe they looked into it.
The claim in that image isnt close to true. He had seven outings in a row of 0 or 1 run in summer 2011. I didn’t even check other seasons.
I thought he left because he wanted to win and the Tigers were sitting in the basement looking like they’d lose 100 games that year.
Also, Nolan Ryan was 44 when he pitched his last no-hitter. Doesn’t really fit the conversation but I thought it was a fun fact.