[Official] What a 43-year-old with 19 billion salary! U.S. pitcher returns to his home after 9 years... "Beautiful Wife" is back on the topic

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Detroit Tigers franchise star Justin Verlander (43) will return to his old team for the first time in nine years.

U.S. media MLB Trade Rumors said on the 11th (Korea Standard Time), "Detroit's homecoming season has begun. The reunion with Verlander, which Tigers fans had hoped for over the years, took place. Detroit will sign a one-year, $13 million contract with Verlander," he said.

It's the king's return. Verlander joined Detroit as the second overall pick in the first round of the major league rookie draft in 2004 and led his heyday. He made his big league debut in 2005 and led his team to the World Series with 17 wins in 2006. The American League Rookie of the Year award is a bonus.

The peak was in 2011. That year, Verlander spent his career high season with a 24-5 record, 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts in 251 innings in 34 games. He ranked first in the league in a number of indicators, including multiple wins, ERA, strikeouts, and innings, winning the Cy Young Award and MVP at the same time in 19 years.

Since then, he has won double digits for nine consecutive years until 2014, playing in 380 games and 2,511 innings in Detroit alone. Until he was traded to the Houston Astros in 2017, he was called a lonely ace with 183 wins, 114 losses and a 3.49 ERA. It deserves to be called the U.S. version of a major pitcher in that it is an inning player representing the league.

Even at an old age, he returned to his competitive form. Verlander, who tied Lee Jung-hoo (28) with the San Francisco Giants last year, showed off his robustness with 4 wins and 11 losses with a 3.85 ERA and 137 strikeouts in 152 innings in 29 regular-season games. On top of that, $11 million out of $13 million will be deferred from 2030, taking in romance.

MLB Trade Rumors said, "Verlander will turn 43 at the end of this month (born on February 20), but he has no intention of retiring. Rather, he said he wanted to throw until he was in his mid-40s, he said. "In fact, he started slowly, but he showed a high-quality pitch at the end of last season."

"In his last 13 appearances, Verlander marked a 2.60 ERA, 22.8% strikeout rate and 7.8% walk rate in 72 ⅔ innings. The reason why he won only four games was because of his unstable scoring support and bullpen rather than Verlander's fault," he pointed out.

With Verlander's addition, Detroit will have a strong five-star lineup consisting of Framber Valdez-Jack Flaherty-Casey Mize, led by Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal. Verlander, who currently has 266 big league wins, will challenge the 300-win club, which has only 24 players in major league history. The most recent was achieved by Randy Johnson in 2009.

The love story with his wife Kate Upton (34) was also highlighted. During his time in Detroit, he met Upton, a former supermodel, and even got married. Even at that time, the meeting between the top baseball star and the ultra-beauty model drew attention. Detroit fans welcomed the ace's return by posting a video on social media that showed Verlander handing over the signed ball to Upton, who visited the stands at the time.

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