Justin Verlander didn’t try to hide from the results.
The latest loss, he said Friday, was “frankly embarrassing.”
The 42-year-old isn’t the same version of the pitcher who made his MLB debut 20 years ago, and the results haven’t matched his standard from all those seasons, either.
After allowing six earned runs across three innings during the Giants’ loss to the A’s, Verlander’s ERA rose to 4.84 through 14 starts, and he still hasn’t picked up a win this season — with the $15 million pitcher’s record sitting at 0-6.
“I know that I can still be successful with the given stuff that I have at this level,” Verlander told reporters, according to the San Francisco Standard. “I’m just not deceptive enough right now, and I need to figure out how to blend stuff better. Mechanically I’m not delivering the pitch the way that I’m capable of to deceive the hitter.”
The Giants have picked up just four wins during Verlander’s starts this year, and he won’t make an All-Star Game for a third consecutive season after earning appearances in…
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