I think of Justin Verlander as a very traditional pitcher. You could drop him into 1900 and he’d pitch the exact same game.
:’) He’s got a nice clean motion, like hard-throwing but long-lasting pitchers have had in the past. And most of his numbers for this stage of his career are better than some of the top pitchers who have ever played. Both Nolan Ryan and Sandy Koufax had ball control problems early on, and Ryan played 27 years. He suffered a career-ending injury — on his second to last pitch. Then he threw one more. Koufax won back-to-back games in the World Series. Koufax won the Cy Young, Nolan Ryan didn’t. :’)
But back here on Earth, I think he’ll have a nice long career, and as long as he doesn’t get way too much money in small-market Detroit (and it’s getting smaller all the time) such that the team winds up suffering as a result (and that’s mostly mgmt stupidity, IMO) or worse yet, he gets traded to the Evil Empire, the Tigers have a bright decade ahead of ‘em.