'To have the opportunity to come pitch in this city is something I think I’ve always wanted the chance to do and to be here now is kind of a full-circle moment.'
New York Mets' pitcher Justin Verlander talks with reporters at a news conference at Citi Field, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, in New York. The team introduced Verlander after they agreed to a $86.7 million, two-year contract. It's part of an offseason spending spree in which the Mets have committed $476.7 million on seven free agents. , his new team hadn't done much yet in free agency.
Shortly after signing Verlander to a two-year, $86.6 million contract that ties him with rotation mate Max Scherzer for the highest annual salary in the game's history, the Mets continued their spending spree. In the past two weeks, they've added to the rotation by signing José Quintana and Japanese star Kodai Senga and brought in David Robertson, who had a save in Game 1 of the World Series against Verlander and the Astros, to shore up the bullpen.
That was more than enough to answer Verlander's doubts about putting on the blue pinstripes, especially after the organization had just let"One of my follow-up questions was obviously losing a few key pieces, how do you plan on filling those voids, and the answers were tremendous," Verlander said at his introductory press conference Tuesday."I took a leap of faith and here we are a few weeks later and I think that leap of faith has paid off.
With wife Kate Upton and 4-year-old daughter Genevieve sitting in the front row, Verlander, who will wear the same No. 35 he's worn throughout most of his career, talked about his love for his family's new home.
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