Returning home against the Texas Rangers for a three game series, fresh off of a .500 road trip, Justin Verlander will be toeing the rubber for the Tigers tonight.
Interestingly enough, the Tigers have lost the last six Verlander starts, dating back to last season. J.V. hasn't necessarily pitched badly this year, but he has looked out of sorts a bit. He's not coming any where close to his upper-90s velocity of last year, but has been "pitching" more this year than he has been just "throwing". It's really strange to see someone who was favored to win the Cy Young at the beginning of the season sitting at 0-3 to being the year.
It's going to be a beautiful night in Detroit tonight, hopefully the ball will be carrying and the Tigs can light up Vicente Padilla. Padilla is 3-0 against the Tigs lifetime with a 2.08 ERA and has had a really hot start this season. It'd be nice for the Tigers to throw some cold water on the fireballer, huh?
Interestingly enough, the Tigers have lost the last six Verlander starts, dating back to last season. J.V. hasn't necessarily pitched badly this year, but he has looked out of sorts a bit. He's not coming any where close to his upper-90s velocity of last year, but has been "pitching" more this year than he has been just "throwing". It's really strange to see someone who was favored to win the Cy Young at the beginning of the season sitting at 0-3 to being the year.
It's going to be a beautiful night in Detroit tonight, hopefully the ball will be carrying and the Tigs can light up Vicente Padilla. Padilla is 3-0 against the Tigs lifetime with a 2.08 ERA and has had a really hot start this season. It'd be nice for the Tigers to throw some cold water on the fireballer, huh?