Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander supplied a response to a latest report about all that went unsuitable for the 2023 New York Mets earlier than the Nationwide League East workforce shipped Verlander to Houston forward of this summer time’s MLB commerce deadline.
“I need to say that I’ve nothing however respect for the Mets group and I loved connecting with all of my teammates this season… new and outdated!! It was actually a beautiful group of individuals,” Verlander wrote in a publish shared on X, previously referred to as Twitter, per Jimmy Hascup of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. “That being stated, everyone knows the success of a workforce is made up of extra than simply the gamers on the sphere, everybody’s enter is efficacious. I’m sorry to listen to {that a} employees member took offense to constructive criticism on how we might enhance. Wishing nothing however finest to the Mets shifting ahead.”
For a bit printed over the weekend, Mike Puma of the New York Submit reported that Verlander and fellow former Mets starter Max Scherzer “had a strained relationship as (Detroit Tigers) teammates (from 2010-14), and a supply stated even because the pitchers labored towards concord with the Mets, there was occasional discord.”
Puma added {that a} Met referred to Verlander as a “diva” who induced Scherzer “to grumble about his fellow three-time Cy Younger Award winner.”
Puma wrote that Verlander “typically complained concerning the Mets’ analytics division, which he deemed inferior to the one which served him in Houston.” The Mets beat reporter additionally claimed that the 40-year-old “was largely indifferent from teammates, in keeping with the Met, and didn’t add to the workforce’s id.”
Days after Verlander returned to the Astros by way of a commerce, he told reporters he “would suggest” the Mets to any free agent as a result of “how they deal with their gamers is A+ from prime to backside.”
Nonetheless, multiple knowledgeable individuals have since talked about that the disappointing Mets had “points” within the clubhouse because the Amazins plummeted towards the basement of the division standings.
What’s carried out is finished, as big-spending Mets proprietor Steve Cohen didn’t hesitate to log off on blowing up a roster that may go down as one of the vital disappointing in franchise historical past.
Outsiders might by no means totally perceive why this yr’s Mets spectacularly didn’t reside as much as expectations, however it actually appears off-the-field issues hovered over the membership all through the spring and summer time months.
