MLB star Justin Verlander and Kate Upton to buy glamorous New York penthouse

Last Mets star, two-time World Series champion Justin Verlander and his model wife Kate Upton have signed a deal to buy an Upper East Side penthouse, Gimme Shelter has learned.

Last time for a four-bedroom, 5½-bathroom home atop Beckford Tower at 301 E. 80th St. asked for $16.75 million. It first appeared on the market in the spring of 2021 for $20 million. The final sale price is still unknown.

Verlander signed a two-year, $86.6 million contract with the Mets last month before moving to a $450,000-a-week villa in St. Barts with Upton — a former Yankees fan — and their daughter Genevieve in tow.

The Upper East Side deal follows their purchase last year of a $6.55 million home in Jupiter, Florida and the sale of their Beverly Hills home to actor Timothée Chalamet last May for $11 million. (They bought this residence for $5.25 million in 2016.)

Now they also have a home base in the Big Apple. This 4141 sq. foot also has 634 sq. feet of private outdoor space with panoramic views of Central Park and the East River. The glazed chef’s kitchen opens onto one of the terraces and into a fourth bedroom or library. Other terraces open onto the living room and master bedroom.

Other details include a private lift area, 13-foot ceilings and white oak floors. The design specs from Studio Sofield additionally include a large herringbone foyer that opens into a corner living room with a fireplace and large windows.

Built in 2019, Beckford Tower has 72 apartments. Amenities include a gym, swimming pool and children’s playroom.

The couple met in February 2012 on the set of a commercial for the video game Major League Baseball. Although they broke up in 2013, they got back together in 2014 and got married in Italy in 2017. Prior to her affair with Verlander, Upton — along with Miranda Kerr — was involved with Wharton alum Jo Lowe, the alleged architect of a $4.5 billion global financial fund. washing scheme.

While Lowe gave Kerr, now married to Snapchat billionaire Evan Spiegel, diamonds that the US Department of Justice forced her to return, Lowe gave Upton several Birkin bags.

Sources also told The Post that Lowe gave Upton an expensive midtown Manhattan apartment, an allegation she had previously denied. The Post was the first publication to report on Low in 2009.