MLB fans have collectively made the same Kate Upton joke after her husband Justin Verlander was dealt back to the Houston Astros from the New York Mets.
The Astros acquired the 40-year-old, three-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher from the Mets in exchange for two minor league prospects on Tuesday's MLB trade deadline.
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This will be Verlander's second stint with the Astros as he was acquired in 2017 and won two World Series with the team in his six seasons.
He agreed to a two-year, $86million contract last offseason with the Mets, who are fourth in the National League East and have suffered a disappointing 2023 season.
And on Tuesday, the Mets traded Verlander to the Astros in exchange for minor-league outfielders Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford.
After the star pitcher was traded back to the Astros, MLB fans collectively joked that the supermodel Upton was the main prize of the transaction.
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One said: "Congrats on the Astros bringing back Kate Upton to Houston. Solid work by the GM."
Another wrote: "More upset about losing Upton than Verlander tbh."
A third added: "Upton and her husband are back in Houston!"
Upton was named the Sexiest Woman Alive by People magazine in 2014.
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She's appeared on the SI cover in 2012, 2013, and 2017, as well as other magazines such as Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ and Esquire.
Kate is estimated to be worth $280million and has been married to the future Hall of Famer Verlander since 2017.
They have a daughter, Genevieve, who was born a year later.
At the age of 40, Verlander is in the middle of a reliable campaign with a 3.15 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 94.1 innings.
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