Is Justin Verlander the most impactful Astro of the golden era?

Justin Verlander's departure for the San Francisco Giants will likely end one of the most meaningful tenures of any player in Astros history. The Athletic's Chandler Rome and Tyler Stafford analyze Verlander's impact on the franchise and city upon his arrival in 2017. There's also some talk about the arbitration process and Houston's recent struggles in the second round of the draft.

[@debbiethornton7327]

Good show, guys! Keep them coming, pls!

[@ScottyBraun-FoulTerritory]

keep crushing it CCT!

[@upandin]

keep crushing!

[@susantownsend8397]

Thanks guys, I’m loving this show.

[@sheilabeckman7615]

Great show!! LOVE you two!! LOVE the content and the fact that you're so informative. Just wonderful! You have become my favorite Astro's podcast by a mile. No comparison. Keep up the great work!

[@haley7237]

Smart for including your Twitter handles on the video. Whenever I watch new creators I get frustrated when I can’t figure out who is who.

[@djlocal3551]

I have bowman or rookies cards of all those guys you listed at the end.

[@Nammm37]

Great info Chandler on what you know about MLB's arbitration process. It really would be great drama if fans can watch the cases unfold. As soon as we traded for Verlander, I was psyched to see Kate Upton in Astros gear!!😂

[@Arbiter-of-foolishness]

Thanks for the shoutout Tyler 🫡 Don’t feel too isolated, I give Chandler plenty of feedback on his articles in The Athletic. Legitimately, you guys have overtaken Stone Cold Stros for my preferred Astros podcast, which I really only listen to because of Charlie Pallilo… I don’t listen to Locked On because I can’t stand the hosts and don’t find them informative. Anyways, keep up the good content!

[@tubbyidk1474]

On arbitration, I'd highly, highly recommend this video by Baseball's Not Dead in understanding why teams fight players over a gap smaller than league minimum kzbin.info/www/bejne/l526qnippryrqKM (May be explained later in convo, was around 8-9:00 in the video at time of commenting)

[@tubbyidk1474]

If you don't want to watch, though, the main thing is what a player gets in Arbitration Year 1 (Abreu, Dubon iirc), heavily determines what they get in upcoming years, and a 0.85m difference in Arbitration Year 1 could very well end up as a 5.1m difference over the 3 Years of Arbitration.

[@willgoins218]

Incredible that one of better drafting teams in baseball has missed on the second round for 14 years.

[@samgc3650]

Hopefully Blubaugh gets a shot during the season

[@susantownsend8397]

Don’t go for arbitration unless you are Mauricio Dubon and have just had a Gold Glove-worthy season.

[@somedude1901]

Excited to trade Cam Smith for JV this summer