How Tigers' Justin Verlander can soar up MLB all-time strikeout leaderboard
Verlander could be on the cusp of joining the top-5 all-time in MLB strikeouts.
How Tigers' Justin Verlander can soar up MLB all-time strikeout leaderboard originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Justin Verlander returning to the Detroit Tigers this offseason was one of the more fun storylines of the entire winter.
He joins Tarik Skubal, Framber Valdez, Casey Mize, and Jack Flaherty for one of the best rotations in all of Major League Baseball. And for Verlander, this upcoming season, his 21st, could be a history-making one. As MLB.
com's Sarah Langs highlighted, Verlander has a chance to move up MLB's all-time strikeout leaderboard. He's eighth currently and should move up at least one spot. But, there is a chance he could soar up the leaderboard and be top-five all-time.
Justin Verlander has chance to be top-5 all-time in strikeouts "The seventh spot is definitely reachable," Langs writes. "Verlander is 22 strikeouts from passing (Don) Sutton... Verlander had 137 strikeouts in 152 innings last year...