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Hello and welcome to episode 1773 of Effectively Wild a baseball podcast

from Bandcrafts presented by our Patreon supporters. I'm the member of the ringer joined by Meg Rally of

Bandcrafts. Hello Meg. Hello. We are going to be joined shortly by one of our Patreon supporters

who will be answering some emails with us and also telling us a little bit about his

life and his interest in baseball. But a brief bit of banter before we get to our guest

John Cho. So there was one notable signing that we should probably address Justin Verlander

is back with the Astros on a somewhat surprising deal. At least it was somewhat surprising to

me not that he returned to the Astros but the terms of the agreement. So this is a one-year

$25 million deal with a player option for a second year at the same value. So it's essentially

a $50 million commitment over two years and he can take or leave the second one if he

wants in Verlander of course is coming off missing the entire 2021 season and all but one

start of the 2020 season after Tommy John surgery. So it's an interesting case because the

last time we all saw Verlander he was winning a sight young award in 2019 and then having

a start where he looked like his usual self at the beginning of the 2020 season. And then

he had Tommy John surgery and he's been gone since then at least from public view and

he'll be 39 on opening day. So it's an odd case of a pitcher who essentially the last

time he pitched was one of the very best pitchers in baseball and of course has been over

the course of his career but also has not pitched in a professional game for quite some time

and has reached a very advanced baseball age. So it's an interesting case I suppose to

figure out how much that guy should get or how long you want him or what kind of contract

even he would be seeking. Yeah I mean I think that the contract he got suggests that

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