{"id":34967,"date":"2026-06-22T21:58:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/justin-verlander-injures-left-hamstring-during-bullpen-session\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T21:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:58:39","slug":"justin-verlander-injures-left-hamstring-during-bullpen-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/justin-verlander-injures-left-hamstring-during-bullpen-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Verlander injures left hamstring during bullpen session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Jun 19, 2026, 05:55 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"b27c64bf-4f18-f713-ba06-db1bce2394e7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-tigers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit Tigers<\/a> veteran right-hander <a data-player-guid=\"4c623fea-1d3d-bc16-bae8-1cd6b1bc755d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/6341\/justin-verlander\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Verlander<\/a> has a left hamstring strain and likely will be out &#8220;weeks,&#8221; according to manager A.J. Hinch.<\/p>\n<p>Verlander has been out with left hip inflammation since April, and he had been scheduled to come off the injured list and start Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not a matter of days,&#8221; Hinch told reporters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7377076\/2026\/06\/19\/tigers-justin-verlander-scratched-left-hamstring-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to The Athletic<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s a matter of weeks. We&#8217;re going to need a full rehab process to get him back to throwing again. Obviously, frustrating news for him and for us, given the excitement that was building around his start on Sunday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/49110472\/mlb-2026-proposal-international-draft-high-school-players-bonuses-cut\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2026\/0618\/r1675698_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Verlander sustained the hamstring injury during a bullpen session Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My hip actually feels fairly good,&#8221; Verlander told reporters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/tigers\/news\/justin-verlander-scratched-with-strained-left-hamstring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to MLB.com<\/a>. &#8220;All of a sudden, my hamstring was bugging me and I had to cut my bullpen short. Anytime I&#8217;m not able to get my work in, it means something&#8217;s definitely off, so we decided to get it looked at, and there&#8217;s a strain. Just really unfortunate, man. It just sucks. I don&#8217;t know how else to say it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Verlander is the oldest active player in the major leagues at 43.<\/p>\n<p>In his only start this season, the three-time Cy Young winner and 2011 American League MVP gave up five runs and six hits in 3\u2154 innings at Arizona and took the loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers also placed outfielder <a data-player-guid=\"b4b7fcd6-1b23-0ce6-056f-156203e2b414\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41586\/wenceel-perez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wenceel Perez<\/a> on the injured list with facial fractures. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/49101753\/of-wenceel-perez-injured-face-training-room-accident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">struck by an exercise band<\/a> that came unhooked during a postgame workout in Houston.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jun 19, 2026, 05:55 PM ET Detroit Tigers veteran right-hander Justin Verlander has a left hamstring strain and likely will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0619%2Fr1676313_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}