What It Means:

The Tigers and White Sox were rained out on Monday and the extra day of rest served Verlander well as the veteran right-hander recorded his 38th career double-digit strikeout game and the first by a Tigers pitcher on Opening Day in almost 50 years. He allowed just six hits and two runs while tossing 102 pitches.

Verlander is projected by numberFire's models for 15 wins, a 3.47 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and 209 punchouts in 205 innings pitched over the remainder of the season.