Justin Verlander: A 40 Year Old Starting Pitcher

Justin Verlander has a 4.85 year a 133 whip less than a strikeout per inning. He entered this start with an 8.7% swinging strike rate and allowing a ton of hard contact. There's not much you're banking on at this point except that he's Justin Verlander until figure it out. But I do think the velocity is reason to think, okay, maybe he'll figure it out still.

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