“I’ve always said I want to play until the wheels fall off,” Verlander said. “And I don’t know, maybe they are falling off. I hope not.”

Verlander’s only start this season came March 30 against the Diamondbacks, where he surrendered five runs in 3 2/3 innings.

“I’ve always said I want to play until the wheels fall off,” Verlander said. “And I don’t know, maybe they are falling off. I hope not.”

This is not how the Detroit Tigers and Justin Verlander wanted this to go down.