Unpopular Opinion: We Should Bring Back JV Next Year

He's an aging first ballot hall-of-famer in the twilight of his career. His 2022 was incredible, his 2023 was above average, and his 2024 was poor, but sidetracked by one very long injury absence in the middle of the season. At the end of the day, he's still Justin Verlander. If he can agree to 1-year @ $5-10 million I think we should do it. The status of Javier/Garcia/Urquidy/McCullers for 2025 is very much up in the air. You can never have too much starting pitching, as this season so painfully showed. Even in an innings-eater/5th starter role, JV provides a lot of value as a clubhouse leader and mentor to the younger pitchers. I'm not being nostalgic, I think it's a very pragmatic move to make.

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