Last-minute deal sends Verlander to Houston

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HOUSTON (AP) — When Kris Bryant Youth Jersey Houston manager A.J. Hinch called to welcome Justin Verlander to the team, the pitcher’s first question was when he’d make his debut for the Astros. The answer is Tuesday at Seattle after the Astros orchestrated a last-minute deal with the Detroit Tigers on Thursday Kosuke Fukudome Womens Jersey night to acquire the right-hander and bolster their rotation as they eye a deep playoff run in October. General manager Jeff Luhnow Jon Lester Youth Jersey said they’d been trying to get Verlander to Houston since late July, but weren’t able to pull it off until just before the deadline for having players eligible for postseason play. “I was confident that Kerry Wood Jersey we were going to get the deal over the finish line,” Luhnow said. “But obviously there were times I had my doubts even through the last 20 minutes or so.” The trade Javier Baez Youth Jersey gives the American League West leaders a powerful 1-2-3 punch at the top of their rotation with 2015 Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel and Lance McCullers pairing with Verlander, who won the AL Cy Young and MVP awards in 2011.