In 2020 he managed a team without our best pitcher and hitter to within 1 game of the WS. Last year he got within 2 games of winning the WS without our best pitcher again. I know it's trendy to hate Dusty but respectfully I say shut up.
Interesting quote from after today's game
“I wasn't pitching to get to 130 innings,” Verlander said after the game. “When we we were doing the contract, [Astros owner] Jim [Crane] told me they wanted 130 innings for my player option. I was asking for a straight player option and they said they’d like 130 innings, and that was that. I thought that was a very fair number the way I like to pitch.”