New details have come out regarding the San Francisco Giants recent signing of future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander. We knew that Verlander was given a one-year, $15 million deal but we now know that he was given several incentives and a full no-trade clause as well.

Like every competent team in baseball, the Giants were in on the hot-shot Japanese free-agent pitcher, who, like Shohei Ohtani before him, is limited to signing a minor-league deal with a Major League team. That massively discounted rate allowed every team to sign him.