UPDATE:
Within the past hour, a report surface from the Houston Chronicle saying Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander was being shut down for the remainder of the season with an elbow injury.
Well, according to Astros manager Dusty Baker, the Houston Chronicle is full of you know what and Verlander has a forearm strain and is being shut down for a couple of weeks and he will then be re-evaluated.
Unless Baker is trying to cover something up, Verlander and the Astros may have dodged a bullet.
Dusty Baker said that Justin Verlander has a forearm strain and will be shut down for a couple of weeks and then will be re-evaluated.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 26, 2020
ORIGINAL REPORT:
According to a report from the Houston Chronicle, Houston Astros SP Justin Verlander injured his elbow and will miss the remainder of the 2020 season.
From Houston Chronicle:
“The Astros will announce that reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander is out for the season with an elbow injury, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Chronicle on Sunday.
The injury deals a near fatal blow to the Astros’ hopes for World Series contention in this 60-game season. Verlander is the team’s unquestioned ace, the rock around which their starting rotation is formed. He struck out 300 batters last season and posted the third-lowest WHIP in modern major league history.”
Whoa. Justin Verlander is done for the year, per the Houston Chronicle. Elbow injury.
— Tony Paul | Detroit News (@TonyPaul1984) July 26, 2020
