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Verlander in the first half 

8.43 K/9, 4.39 BB/9, 4.29 FIP, 5.03 xFIP, 104.2 IP, 108 H, wOBA .327.

He was bad in the first half and didn’t turn it around untillate July/August. The fastball velocity was the only encouraging thing about him.

I liked Verlander as a trade target, but at the time of the Quintana trade Verlander was a better target only in retrospect.