Overview
- Verlander is scheduled to make his last major league start on Saturday at Comerica Park as part of a two-day career celebration hosted by the Detroit Tigers.
- The 43-year-old skipped about a month of customary rehab, completed recent bullpen work and cleared the club’s tests but says the outing is uncertain and he expects to throw roughly one to two innings.
- Friday and Saturday events include a pregame ceremony, a tribute video, giveaways for the first 15,000 fans, his 7-year-old daughter throwing the ceremonial first pitch, and a $100,000 donation tied to his Roberto Clemente Award nomination.
- Verlander missed most of the 2026 season after left hip inflammation and a recurring left hamstring strain, making only one start on March 30 before going on the injured list.
- He closes a 21-season, Hall of Fame-caliber career that features three Cy Young Awards, three no-hitters and 3,554 strikeouts, and the Tigers—no longer in playoff contention—arranged the home send-off that returns him to a Comerica Park mound he last started on in 2017.