Max Scherzer

[Chadwick]

Striking out over 100 batters in six weeks - so what, 8 or 9 starts, maybe 10 - is a pretty tall order.

Max will probably get to 3K, and might pass Verlander; that'll have to be good enough for 2021.

He's certainly had stretches like that in recent memory. For some reason I thought he had this year too, but nothing close. Fair enough. We're probably looking at 50-60 K realistically through the end of the season.

38K to reach 3,000
52K to pass JV for 18th all-time

The rest (including his march to 200 wins) will have to wait until next summer.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

This video makes it sound like Scherzer is a 21st century Rube Waddell. I had no idea about any of this behavior on the part of Scherzer.

[bluesky5]

This video makes it sound like Scherzer is a 21st century Rube Waddell. I had no idea about any of this behavior on the part of Scherzer.

Haha I never thought of him like that but yea he’s been doing it for a while.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Haha I never thought of him like that but yea he’s been doing it for a while.

The good news at least is that I have not heard anything about Scherzer actually being violent towards family and friends like Waddell was.

[milladrive]

Scherzer's last outing ended his streak of 24 consecutive starts without a loss (going back to last year of course).

[Floyd Gondolli]

Max since being traded last season:

11-1, 2.31, 138 K, only 17 walks.

During the entire streak without a loss:

15-0, 2.55, 183 K, only 31 walks.

He leads all pitchers with 200 IP+ in WHIP the past 2 seasons. He's second in WAA, WAR, and various other metrics.

Not bad for a 36-37 year old.

[Bigfoot 88]

I'm not sure there is necessarily a decline in sight for Scherzer and Verlander. They've basically continued to average 94 MPH on their fastball for the past few years. They could have a few more seasons of top notch production.