Justin Verlander has been traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Houston Astros.

The Detroit Tigers agreed to receive Franklin Perez, Daz Cameron Jake Rodgers from the Astros.

According to Jon Heyman, Verlander would approve a trade to the Chicago Cubs or Los Angeles Dodgers.

Verlander is due $28 million per season in 2018 and 2019, plus he has a vesting option in 2020 worth $22 million if he finishes in the top-5 in Cy Young voting in 2019.

Verlander has a 3.82 ERA in 28 starts this season with the Tigers. Verlander finished second in Cy Young voting in 2016.

The Houston Astros have claimed Cameron Maybin off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.

Houston will be responsible for the remainder of Maybin's $9 million salary this season.

Maybin and Jose Altuve are tied for the American League lead in stolen bases (29).

The Los Angeles Angels have acquired Justin Upton from the Detroit Tigers for minor league pitcher Grayson Long and a player to be named later or cash considerations.

Upton, 30, is hitting .279 with 28 homers and 94 RBIs this season.

He signed a six-year, $132 million contract in January 2016. He's owed $88 million over the next four seasons but has the option to opt out of the deal in November.

The Chicago Cubs have become the first team in Major League history to have five players record at least 20 home runs in their age-25 season or younger.

Ian Happ, 23, homered against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday to join Javier Baez (age 24), Kyle Schwarber (24), Willson Contreras (25) and Kris Bryant (25) in the club.

"That's pretty impressive. That's never been done, right? That's a long time," Joe Maddon said.

The Seattle Mariners have acquired Mike Leake from the St. Louis Cardinals for the stretch run of the season.

The Cardinals received minor league shortstop Rayder Ascanio, international cap space totaling $750,000 and cash considerations in the deal.

Leake has struggled since the All-Star break, going 1-5 with a 6.90 ERA in nine starts since July 14.

The Astros have announced that they will return to Houston on Saturday with a doubleheader against the New York Mets.

The series between the Astros and Mets had been scheduled to begin Friday, but they will play twice on Saturday and finish the series on Sunday as scheduled.

"We hope that these games can serve as a welcome distraction for our city that is going through a very difficult time. We hope that we can put smiles on some faces," Astros president Reid Ryan said.

A.J. Hinch said that being able to tell his players they would return home soon was "some of the best news I could deliver."

The Astros had to relocate their series against the Texas Rangers this week to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, because of catastrophic flooding in the area from Hurricane Harvey.

The Atlanta Braves have shuffled their front office, according to a report, with six employees having their titles and/or responsibilities changed.

Ken Rosenthal's reports indicates there may be a power struggle in Atlanta.

"It's a power struggle over who is running the club," one team official said. "Is John Schuerholz running the club or are John Hart and John Coppolella running it?"

Coppolella and Hart both denied that there's a power struggle ongoing and Schuerholz is believed to be in regular contact with both.

There has been a surge of interest in Justin Verlander with the August trade period coming to a close, according to a report.

Verlander cleared revocable trade waivers, but he has full no-trade protection.

He is owed $56 million for two more seasons.

Wade Davis set a franchise record for the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night when he converted his 27th consecutive save.

"To have the record here is pretty impressive," Joe Maddon said. "He's a pitcher. He has a starting pitcher's mentality as a closer. He has weapons for righties or lefties. It doesn't matter the hitter. Good for him because that [record] will probably last for a while."

Davis didn't stick around to discuss the feat with the media.

He is now 27-for-27 in save attempts this season. He the only pitcher with more than three saves or more that hasn't blown one in 2017.

Chris Sale struck out Kevin Pillar of the Toronto Blue Jays in the second inning Tuesday night to reach 1,500 career strikeouts faster than any pitcher in Major League history.

"It's hard for me to fathom that a guy can record that many strikeouts in less than 1,300 innings," John Farrell said. "Really remarkable."

Sale, who struck out 11 and allowed three hits in seven innings, considered his achievement "pretty crazy."

"This game has been around a long time," he said. "To do that, it's cool. I appreciate it. I try not to get too caught up in it but I definitely take a step back and look at that and appreciate it."

The milestone came in Sale's 1,290th inning pitched.