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Max Scherzer

28-Year-Old Pitcher – Detroit Tigers

2013 Stats

W-L

6-0

ERA

3.61

WHIP

0.91

K

75

SV

0

2013 RotoWire Projections

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2013 Fantasy Baseball Outlook

Early-season struggles made it seem like Scherzer might have another roller coaster campaign in 2012, but he righted the ship after a brutal month of April to post his best season as a pro. In 27 star...

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LEAGUE: Majors   40 MAN: YES   BATS: R   THROWS: R   HT: 6' 3"   WT: 220   DOB: 7/27/1984   BORN: St. Louis, MO   COLLEGE: Missouri   DRAFTED: 1st Rd    Show ContractHide Contract

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Max Scherzer Contract Information:

Signed a one-year, $6.725 million contract with the Tigers in February of 2013, avoiding arbitration.

May 21, 2013  –  Max Scherzer News

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Max Scherzer Stats
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Year Age Lg Tm G GS SH IP H ER HR K BB W L SV BS HLD ERA WHIP
2007 22 A Vis 3 3 0 17.0 5 1 0 30 2 2 0 0 0.53 0.41
2007 22 AA MOB 14 14 0 73.7 64 32 3 76 40 4 4 0 3.91 1.41
2008 23 AAA TUC 13 10 0 53.0 35 16 2 79 22 1 1 0 2.72 1.08
2008 23 MAJ ARI 17 7 0 56.0 48 19 5 66 21 0 4 0 3.05 1.23
2009 24 A Vis 1 1 0 4.7 1 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 2.14 1.07
2009 24 MAJ ARI 31 30 0 170.3 166 78 20 174 63 9 11 0 4.12 1.34
2010 25 AAA Tol 2 2 0 15.0 4 1 0 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.60 0.40
2010 25 MAJ DET 31 31 0 195.7 174 76 20 184 70 12 11 0 0 0 3.50 1.25
2011 26 MAJ DET 33 33 0 195.0 207 96 29 174 56 15 9 0 0 0 4.43 1.35
2012 27 MAJ DET 32 32 0 187.7 179 78 23 231 60 16 7 0 0 0 3.74 1.27
2013 28 MAJ DET 9 9 0 62.3 44 25 5 75 13 6 0 0 0 0 3.61 0.91
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3-Year Averages MAJ   32 32 0 192.8 186 83 24 196 62 14 9 0 0 0 3.87 1.29
Career  (View All) MAJ   153 142 0 867.0 818 372 102 904 283 58 42 0 3.86 1.27

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Max Scherzer Game Log    (View Full Game Log)
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DATE OPP IP H R ER HR BB K HBP WP CG W-L SV BS HLD ERA WHIP
May. 21 @Cle 8.0 2 1 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 3.61 0.91
May. 15 Hou 7.0 5 5 5 2 3 7 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 3.98 0.99
May. 10 Cle 8.0 5 4 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 3.61 0.97
May. 4 @Hou 8.0 3 1 1 1 2 8 0 1 0 W 0 0 0 3.43 1.04
Apr. 29 Min 7.3 6 3 3 1 0 10 0 1 0 W 0 0 0 4.02 1.15
Apr. 24 KC 5.0 7 5 5 0 3 6 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 4.13 1.25
Apr. 17 @Sea 8.0 6 1 1 0 1 12 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 2.84 1.05
Apr. 12 @Oak 6.0 5 2 1 0 1 11 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 4.09 1.18
Apr. 6 NYY 5.0 5 4 4 1 2 7 1 0 0 W 0 0 0 7.20 1.40
Last 14 Days
3 Games:  Avg. 7.7 IP/G
23.0 12 10 10 2 4 21 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 3.91 0.70
Last 30 Days
6 Games:  Avg. 7.2 IP/G
43.3 28 19 19 4 9 45 0 2 0 5-0 0 0 0 3.95 0.85
Last 60 Days
9 Games:  Avg. 6.9 IP/G
62.3 44 26 25 5 13 75 1 2 0 6-0 0 0 0 3.61 0.91
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Max Scherzer Split Stats    (View Full Split Stats)

Vs. Left

Year Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR BAA
20131484110291122.215
20124361094611324511.292
2011464844111721619.281

Vs. Right

Year Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR BAA
20138834315403.179
201235112214669112.201
201136990159017110.262

Home

Year IP W L SV K BB HR ERA WHIP
201332.340037845.851.11
201282.07301062293.511.23
2011109.08408929113.801.29

Away

Year IP W L SV K BB HR ERA WHIP
201330.020038511.200.70
2012105.794012538143.921.31
201186.07508527185.231.42
Max Scherzer Advanced Stats
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Year Age Lg Tm G GS IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 GB/FB Ratio Strand % Fastball ERA FIP BABIP
2007 22 A Vis 3 3 17.0 15.88 1.06 15.00 0.00 85.7% 0.53 .20 .218
2007 22 AA MOB 14 14 73.7 9.29 4.89 1.90 0.37 71.3% 3.91 3.46 .316
2008 23 AAA TUC 13 10 53.0 13.42 3.74 3.59 0.34 74.5% 2.72 2.07 .319
2008 23 MAJ ARI 17 7 56.0 10.61 3.38 3.14 0.80 1.15 78.1% 94.2 MPH 3.05 3.17 .319
2009 24 A Vis 1 1 4.7 9.64 7.71 1.25 0.00 80% 2.14 3.63 .109
2009 24 MAJ ARI 31 30 170.3 9.19 3.33 2.76 1.06 1.05 72.2% 93.6 MPH 4.12 3.83 .323
2010 25 AAA Tol 2 2 15.0 10.20 1.20 8.50 0.00 83.3% 0.60 1.33 .137
2010 25 MAJ DET 31 31 195.7 8.46 3.22 2.63 0.92 1.11 75% 93.2 MPH 3.50 3.83 .295
2011 26 MAJ DET 33 33 195.0 8.03 2.58 3.11 1.34 1.02 71.4% 93.1 MPH 4.43 4.32 .321
2012 27 MAJ DET 32 32 187.7 11.08 2.88 3.85 1.10 0.89 74.5% 94.3 MPH 3.74 3.37 .343
2013 28 MAJ DET 9 9 62.3 10.83 1.88 5.77 0.72 1.02 61.5% 92.8 MPH 3.61 2.51 .279
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3-Year Averages MAJ   32 32 192.8 9.15 2.89 3.16 1.12 73.7% 3.87 3.75 .318
Career MAJ   153 142 867.0 9.38 2.94 3.19 1.06 73% 3.86 3.66 .317

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2013 Stat Review for Max Scherzer    As compared to the top 200 starting pitchers in 2012 (min 40 in)

K/BB/HR Stats

A collection of stats that measure different skills.

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5.77 K/BB
ELITE
10.83 K/9
ELITE
1.88 BB/9
ELITE
92.8 MPH Fastball
GREAT
0.7 HR/9
ELITE
1.02 GB/FB Ratio
MODERATE GROUNDBALLER
ERA/WHIP/FIP

A few general measures of a pitcher's effectiveness.

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3.61 ERA
GOOD
0.91 WHIP
ELITE
2.51 FIP
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BABIP/Strand

Balls in play avg. and % of runners left stranded.

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.279 BABIP
BELOW AVERAGE
61.5% Strand Rate
LOW

2013 Projected Stats Breakdown for Max Scherzer

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Worst Matchups for Max Scherzer (by OPS against, min 10 AB)

Batter Team AB H HR RBI BB K SB AVG SLG OPS
Justin Morneau MIN 10 5 3 4 4 0 0 .500 1.500 2.143
David Ortiz BOS 10 6 2 5 2 1 0 .600 1.300 1.967
Jose Bautista TOR 11 6 1 3 3 1 1 .545 1.091 1.734
Shin-Soo Choo CIN 21 12 2 5 6 4 2 .571 1.048 1.714
Casey Kotchman MIA 12 4 3 6 1 0 1 .333 1.083 1.512
Mitch Maier BOS 10 5 0 1 2 3 0 .500 .800 1.383
Troy Tulowitzki COL 11 4 2 3 0 2 0 .364 1.000 1.364
Dustin Pedroia BOS 10 3 2 5 0 1 0 .300 .900 1.200
Adam Jones BAL 12 6 0 0 0 4 0 .500 .667 1.167
Andre Ethier LA 15 6 1 3 2 1 0 .400 .667 1.137

Best Matchups for Max Scherzer (by OPS against, min 10 AB)

Batter Team AB H HR RBI BB K SB AVG SLG OPS
Corey Patterson SEA 12 2 0 0 0 2 0 .167 .167 .333
Aaron Hill AZ 12 2 0 0 0 4 0 .167 .167 .333
Miguel Olivo MIA 12 2 0 1 0 5 0 .167 .167 .333
Alex Rios CHI-A 24 3 0 0 1 8 1 .125 .167 .327
Alexei Ramirez CHI-A 30 3 0 0 3 3 2 .100 .133 .315
Alex Rodriguez NY-A 10 1 0 1 1 4 0 .100 .100 .282
Alexi Casilla BAL 13 1 0 1 0 3 0 .077 .154 .225
Mike Moustakas KC 14 1 0 1 0 2 0 .071 .071 .143
Ben Zobrist TB 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .000 .091
Matt Kemp LA 16 0 0 0 0 4 1 .000 .000 .000

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Max Scherzer: Past News Updates   ( ▲ View most recent update )

Scherzer took a no-decision Wednesday, allowing five runs in seven innings of work against the Houston Astros.

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Scherzer cruised to his fifth win allowing four runs on five hits while issuing no walks and striking out seven over eight innings of a 10-4 win against Cleveland on Friday night.

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Scherzer allowed one run over eight innings and was the winning pitcher Saturday against the Astros.

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Scherzer earned his third win of the season Monday against the Twins as he pitched 7.1 innings and allowed three runs and six hits to go along with 10 strikeouts.

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Scherzer gave up five runs on seven hits and three walks with six strikeouts against the Royals on Wednesday.

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Scherzer went eight strong while giving up one run on six hits and striking out 12 batters in Wednesday's win over Seattle.

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Scherzer gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with 11 strikeouts over six innings against the A's on Friday.

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Scherzer allowed four runs over five innings and was the winning pitcher Saturday against the Yankees.

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Scherzer hurled six shutout innings Friday against the Rays, allowing just one hit while striking out nine in his final start of the spring.

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Scherzer will make his first start of the season April 6 against the Yankees, Mlive.com reports.

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Scherzer struck out six and walked three in 2.1 innings against the Mets on Friday.

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Scherzer will make his spring debut Sunday against the Braves, Tom Gage of the Detroit News reports.

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RotoWire's Preseason Outlooks

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2012

The 27-year-old failed to live up to the promise he showed in the second half of the 2010 season, but Scherzer was still able to put together a solid campaign in 2011. He finished the year 15-9 with a 4.43 ERA, 1.349 WHIP and 174 strikeouts in 195 innings. Once considered a problem area, Scherzer was able to refine his control last season, finishing with a career-best mark of 2.58 BB/9IP. His increase in ERA may give some pause, but Scherzer's xFIP (3.70) shows that he was close to the same pitcher as in 2010. While Scherzer hasn't taken that next step yet, he has the necessary arsenal to reach higher levels of production than we've seen since from him so far. Target him as a middle-of-the-rotation option with hopes he starts fulfilling some of his potential.

2011

Scherzer's debut season with the Tigers got off to a rocky start, as the 25-year-old righty saw a dip in fastball velocity and had difficulty commanding his breaking ball during the first two months of the season. As a result, Detroit sent Scherzer on a short stint to Triple-A Toledo to right the ship. After rediscovering both his velocity and slider during his trip to Toledo, Scherzer came back to the big leagues stronger than at any other point in his young career. Over the course of his final 23 starts, Scherzer went 11-7 with a 2.46 ERA and 158 strikeouts in 153.2 innings. With his solid strikeout rate (8.5 K/9IP) and continued improvement in control (3.2 BB/9IP), the former first-round pick remains a strong middle-of-the rotation option, but it's his potential to develop into an ace that should make him an attractive target on draft day.

2010

Scherzer made strides in his second full season in the Arizona rotation, making 30 starts before the D-Backs shut him down in an effort to protect his arm. Starting pitchers who can strike out more than a batter per inning (9.19 K/9IP) with ample command (3.33 BB/9IP) are few and far between, which made it surprising when he was traded to Detroit last winter. Scherzer continues to look the part of the front-line starter that the D-Backs were hoping for when they drafted him 11th overall in 2006. With Rick Porcello and Justin Verlander, Detroit could have one of the strongest rotation trios if Scherzer continues to develop. Don't be surprised if he significantly increases his win total this season as the Tigers will be able to let him take on a full 200-inning workload and to pitch deeper into games after Arizona handled him with kid gloves during his first two seasons.

2009

When healthy, Scherzer was as good as advertised for the D-Backs during his rookie season, dominating hitters to the tune of a 10.61 K/9IP mark in his first 56 major league innings. Splitting the season between Arizona and Triple-A, Scherzer spent time as a starter and in the bullpen at both levels, but the organization clearly views him as a starter in the D-Backs' 2009 rotation, as he was sent to the Arizona Fall League to increase innings count as well as continue the development of his secondary pitches, which include an improving change-up and slider to go along with his excellent fastball. The added work during the fall should enable Scherzer to provide 170-plus innings and cement his place as one of the team's top four starters, while the long-term outlook is very promising as he could emerge as the frontline replacement for Brandon Webb down the road.

2008

Scherzer had an impressive professional debut as a starter after finally inking a deal with Arizona last May. He tore up High-A Visalia, as he should have considering that he was already 22, before fanning more than a batter per inning in 14 starts at Double-A Mobile. The D-Backs had Scherzer pitch in relief during the Arizona Fall League, while there have been debates in the past about whether he'd be more effective as a closer than a starter in the majors. Following the departure of Jose Valverde in a trade to Houston and the acquistion Dan Haren from Oakland, it seems as though closer might be the fast track to having him in the bigs for good, but keep an eye on whether he's pushing to break camp with Arizona during spring training, or if they're grooming him to be a starter at Triple-A.