Max Scherzer
39-Year-Old
15-Day IL
Injury Back
Est. Return 5/10/2024
2024 Stats
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0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
K
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SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Normally veteran pitchers are more stable than younger arms, but Scherzer did not follow that game plan in 2023 as his numbers were all over the place. While he maintained his streak of 12 consecutive seasons with a K-BB% of at least 20%, a rash of mid-season gopheritis pushed his ERA up to its highest full-season point since that aforementioned streak began in 2012. Scherzer allowed 10 of his 28 homers in July leading up to the trade to Texas but pitched well for Texas while his body began failing him until ultimately succumbing to back issues in the American League playoffs. Those same back issues still linger as Scherzer needed back surgery in the offseason and will miss at least the first half of the season as he tries to return to the mound before his 40th birthday this summer. Fantasy managers should obviously slide Scherzer down the charts to the end game to be safe. Read Past Outlooks
Next rehab outing set for Tuesday
Scherzer (back) is scheduled to make his next rehab start Tuesday with Double-A Frisco, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.
ANALYSIS
Scherzer will look to push up his pitch count in his second rehab outing after he struck out four over 2.1 innings (52 pitches) while allowing three earned runs on five hits and no walks in his 2024 debut Wednesday with Triple-A Round Rock. Since Scherzer missed all of spring training while completing his recovery from Dec. 15 surgery to address a herniated disc in his back, he could require an additional rehab start after Tuesday to get fully stretched out. The right-hander looks on track to return from the 15-day injured list to make his season debut for the Rangers in early May.
Scherzer will look to push up his pitch count in his second rehab outing after he struck out four over 2.1 innings (52 pitches) while allowing three earned runs on five hits and no walks in his 2024 debut Wednesday with Triple-A Round Rock. Since Scherzer missed all of spring training while completing his recovery from Dec. 15 surgery to address a herniated disc in his back, he could require an additional rehab start after Tuesday to get fully stretched out. The right-hander looks on track to return from the 15-day injured list to make his season debut for the Rangers in early May.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-3%
BAA vs LHP
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BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .210 | 160 | 51 | 109 | 23 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .217 | 187 | 18 | 125 | 18 | |||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .222 | 84 | 34 | 64 | 13 | |||
2023vs Right | .220 | 90 | 11 | 62 | 15 | |||
2022vs Left | .196 | 76 | 17 | 45 | 10 | |||
2022vs Right | .215 | 97 | 7 | 63 | 3 | |||
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Since 2022
-33%
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Since 2022Home | 2.39 | 0.97 | 131.2 | 10.6 | 2.3 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 3.57 | 1.05 | 166.1 | 10.4 | 1.9 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | 3.09 | 1.06 | 67.0 | 10.6 | 3.1 | ||||
2023Away | 4.31 | 1.17 | 85.2 | 10.0 | 2.3 | ||||
2022Home | 1.67 | 0.88 | 64.2 | 10.6 | 1.5 | ||||
2022Away | 2.79 | 0.93 | 80.2 | 10.8 | 1.5 | ||||
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Sticking with Texas for 2024
Scherzer exercised his $43.33 million player option for 2024 after being traded from the Mets to the Rangers on Saturday, per Jeff Passan of ESPN.com.
ANALYSIS
The deal briefly reached an impasse since Scherzer initially wanted to retain his ability to opt out after 2023, but in the end he decided to exercise his player option in exchange for some additional amenities, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The Rangers will be covering just $22.5 million of the 39-year-old's remaining salary, with the Mets paying the additional $35-plus million.
The deal briefly reached an impasse since Scherzer initially wanted to retain his ability to opt out after 2023, but in the end he decided to exercise his player option in exchange for some additional amenities, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The Rangers will be covering just $22.5 million of the 39-year-old's remaining salary, with the Mets paying the additional $35-plus million.
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A pair of oblique issues limited Scherzer to only 23 starts in his inaugural season with the Mets. The veteran right-hander spent almost seven weeks on the IL in the first half, then lost two more weeks in September. His strikeout rate dipped a tad to a still dominant 30.6 percent while his 4.2 percent walk rate was its lowest since 2015. Scherzer took advantage of pitching in cavernous Citi Field to drop his homers to .81 HR/9, the lowest since 2014. Scherzer's four-seam velocity continued a slightly downward trend, but it's not enough to be concerned about. Scherzer enjoyed another outstanding season, where his 2.46 ERA marked the eighth time in the last 10 years his ERA was sub-3.00. Even so, Scherzer will be remembered most for struggling in his last two starts, one to end the regular season and the other in the Wild Card round. This may drop his price to the point the durability risk is worth the reliability reward.
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Tosses 52 pitches on rehab
Scherzer (back) allowed three runs on five hits while striking out four over 2.1 innings in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Round Rock on Wednesday.
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Confirmed for first rehab start
The Rangers announced that Scherzer (back) will make his first minor-league rehab start Wednesday with Triple-A Round Rock.
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Rehab start on tap
Scherzer (back) will likely make his first minor-league rehab start Wednesday, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.
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Aiming for early May return
Scherzer (back) threw 25 pitches of live batting practice Monday, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports.
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Nearing live BP
Scherzer (back) completed a bullpen session Tuesday and expected to throw live batting practice next week, Jeff Wilson of RangersToday.com reports.
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