Justin Verlander responds to ‘diva’ comments from New York Mets employee after being traded out of $43,333,333 deal

Justin Verlander shall be remembered for lots of various things. Most of them shall be with the Detroit Tigers or the Houston Astros, not with the New York Mets since he spent all of seven months as a member of their group. His record-tying $43.33 million contract shall be remembered regardless.

Following the failure of that signing, Verlander is again with the Astros. Upon his exit, an unnamed member of the Mets stated that the reigning Cy Young winner within the American League was a diva who always complained concerning the Mets’ inferior analytics division.

Verlander seems to have provided up a press release in response to this accusation on Twitter. He did not title anybody or say something concerning the comments instantly, however he’s responding.

His assertion learn:

“I want to say I have nothing but respect for the Mets organization and I enjoyed connecting with all of my teammates this season… new and old!! It truly was a wonderful group of people. That being said, we all know the success of a team is made up of more than just the players on the field, everyone’s input is valuable. I’m sorry to hear that a staff member took offense to constructive criticism on how we could improve. Wishing nothing but best to the Mets moving forward.”

The Mets tried to pair Justin Verlander with Max Scherzer. The two had been teammates with the Detroit Tigers and have been reunited for a similar $43.33 million tag.

Justin Verlander experiment failed for Mets

That experiment did not work because the Mets discovered themselves nearly 20 video games again of the Atlanta Braves after they determined to pull the plug.

They shipped Scherzer to the Texas Rangers and despatched Verlander again to the Astros. They refilled their farm system and can try to rebuild for the long run after their large payroll fell quick in 2023.

They nonetheless have Kodai Senga within the rotation and Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor within the subject, so there are items to work with for now. It simply wasn’t meant to be this season.