The 107-win season. Only six teams this millennium have won multiple World Series titles (Giants, Red Sox, Dodgers, Astros, Cardinals, Yankees), and only Boston (four) has won more than San Francisco.

Verlander won two World Series titles with the Astros, in 2017 and 2022. The move is reminiscent of the Giants signing another future Hall of Famer in the twilight of his career. In 2009 ...