Veteran Max Scherzer agrees to 1-year, $15.5 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays: reports

Mad Max is giving it different go.

Max Scherzer has agreed to a one-year, $15.5 cardinal woody with the Toronto Blue Jays, according to aggregate reports. The three-time Cy Young Award victor spent past play with the Texas Rangers, however, a enarthrosis wounded chopped his play to 9 starts.

The right-hander was inactive somewhat effectual successful 2024 during constricted enactment arsenic helium owned a 3.95 ERA successful 43.1 innings. However, the caller injuries combined with his diminution successful worldly led to a one-year prove-it woody for the 40-year-old. Scherzer’s mean fastball velocity registered astatine a career-low 92.5 MPH

The erstwhile Met received information from respective teams arsenic helium reportedly threw a bullpen league successful beforehand of astatine slightest 8 teams this offseason.

“When I’m retired there, I’ve been capable to compete,” Scherzer told the Dallas Morning News successful August. “I look astatine things similar my slider, which I went into the play wanting to fix, and it’s been truly good. I inactive spot myself arsenic capable to vie and win.”

Now helium volition effort to rejuvenate his vocation successful Toronto.

After being finalists for virtually each azygous apical escaped cause to deed the marketplace successful caller years, the Blue Jays person yet recovered a fewer suspects to instrumentality their money. Scherzer joins outfielder Anthony Santander and reliever Jeff Hoffman arsenic the splashes made by Toronto this offseason.

Scherzer volition descent into the mediate of the Jays’ rotation led by Jose Berrios and Kevin Gausman creating a formidable trio connected paper. Toronto has attempted to shingle up the scenery of the AL East with its caller flurry of moves. The Yankees inactive stay comfortably supra the competition, however, should Vladimir Guerrero Jr. proceed his dominance and Bo Bichette enactment a bounce-back season, the Jays could soon go a acheronian equine to marque noise.

And they whitethorn not beryllium done.

The Blue Jays are inactive reportedly showing involvement successful erstwhile Mets prima Pete Alonso arsenic they’d apt determination Guerrero Jr. to 3rd basal successful bid to marque the acceptable work. Toronto yet saw a fewer signings driblet and present it’s shaping up to beryllium a respectable offseason for the playoffs hopefuls.

Originally Published: January 30, 2025 astatine 6:30 PM EST