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"First thing is he has the stuff. You have seen that for a long time. I think what I have seen recently out of him is that he has been able to control it and dial it down at times and then add when he needs to. I don’t think you see the 100 mph every single pitch. You see him pitch it and work through lineups and he’s taken that overpowering stuff and become a pitcher with it and that’s a tough combination when you have both of those."

I updated a chart I did earlier in the year yesterday. It shows the Tigers' record by starter and the number of wins and losses by a given number of runs based on starting pitcher. Scherzer's Friday start is not included so change his record to 17-10 and add another 3 run victory for the Tigers when you look at the graphic.

I've ditched shameless self-promotion in favor of sharing with you an article that kind of rubbed me the wrong way, written by one of my co-workers at Through the Fence Baseball. Are wins all Verlander will need to lock up the Cy Young award? I seriously doubt voters will overlook Weaver's spectacular body of work.

From The Onion Sports Network

By Mark Duggan "[T]he no-hitter is one of the strangest events in all of baseball. There are some (Roy Halladay), where you think, of course he threw a no-hitter, he was on another planet that night and those guys couldn’t hit him if they had 50 innings."...

Article and video chronicling the beyond impressive career of Justin Verlander and his obvious comfort with the Detroit area and Tigers fans.

Examining 2009 Verlander vs 2010 Verlander