Justin Verlander tipped his cap to the Citi Field crowd as he walked off the mound with one out in the top of the sixth inning of a 5-2 win over Washington on Sunday.

Now, fans will wait to find out if it was his last time pitching in a Mets’ uniform, as the front office looks toward a “repurposing” of Steve Cohen’s money, as general manager Billy Eppler put it before the game.

Verlander signed with the Mets as a free agent after a Cy Young season with the Astros last season and — like most of the rest of the roster — battled either injury or ineffectiveness for the first part of the season.

But Sunday extended what’s now a seven-start stretch in which the 40-year-old has been extremely effective, and with Max Scherzer already having been somewhat stunningly traded to Texas, teams are interested in Verlander.

But as was the case with Scherzer, moving Verlander won’t be easy, since he is owed another $43.3 million next season and has an attainable $35 million vesting option for 2025.

Prior to Sunday’s game, Eppler said he would “listen” on players, but declined to say whether Verlander was among the players he was listening on.

In the lead-up to Sunday’s game, Verlander had declined to discuss his thoughts on the Mets’ recent strategy, which also included trading closer David Robertson to Miami on Thursday.

Eppler said Sunday the team would spend again in free agency out of necessity, but didn’t want to build a roster through that route.

How that impacts Verlander remains to be seen, since Verlander arrived in Queens with championship expectations and Eppler acknowledged the path the team is on will result in lower expectations for 2024 than they had entering this season and 2022.

Speaking of next season, Eppler said, “It doesn’t mean we’re punting 2024. We’re gonna have a competitive team.”

That might not be the most compelling rallying cry for a player like Verlander, who hasn’t allowed more than one run in any of his past three starts.

His streak of improved performance began June 26 and continued through Sunday.

In his last seven starts, Verlander has allowed just seven runs in 42 ¹/₃ ⅓ innings for an ERA of 1.49 after compiling an ERA of 4.50 in his first nine outings.

Verlander was one of several Mets who played Sunday who might end up elsewhere soon, including lefty Brooks Raley, who pitched a scoreless ninth inning for another save; Tommy Pham who struck out as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning; and Mark Canha, who went 1-for-3 and played in both left field and right field.