The Blue Jays have been mentioned as a player for each large free agent who has struck the market over the past two years, but who have mainly failed in their activities.
They were able to win Anthony Santander earlier in January, and now they hung a future fame for their pitching staff.
JESPN Eff Passan reports that Scherzer will receive $ 15.5 million for signing with Blue Jays, Passan, noting that Toronto was interested in adding Scherzer for “weeks”.
Here is an overview of what Scherzer can bring to Blue Jays, and what – if necessary – a potential fantastic value is there for the 2025 campaign.
What does Scherzer do in the past two seasons?
It goes without saying, but it will be said anyway: Scherzer is one of the best right -handers in the history of sport. He won three Cy Young Awards while finishing in the top five to vote out of seven incredible consecutive seasons between 2013-2019. It was simply in the truncated season 2020, but was again third to the vote of Cy Young while being particularly impressive after a trade in nationals to the Dodgers.
Since the 2022 season, Scherzer has been solid, but not on the mound almost as often. In 59 begins with dishes and rangers, he forged an MPM of 3.16, a 10.2 k / 9 and 1.03 whip on 341 1/3 sleeves. It was limited to only nine departures in 2024 while recovering from the fatigue of the arms and nervous problems with Texas and finished with an MPM of 3.95 and 40/10 K/BB on 43 1/3 sleeves.
What does Scherzer always do well to keep it the relevant fantasy?
Scherzer relies more than ever on deception – more about this – and he regularly gets strikers to swing on land outside the striking area. He did not qualify due to his lack of sleeves, but his rate of prosecution generated by 36.4% would have classified with the best in baseball. This also helped him generate puffs out of 29.2% of his swings against and a percentage for sure of only 34.9; Again, figures that would have classified very strongly if he had launched enough sleeves to qualify.
The Scherzer cursor remains one of the best in the game, and the strikers were sworn and lacked this launch 43.8% of the time while hitting a meager .214 against. Add competent land – if not dominant – in its change, its curve and its cutter and Scherzer always has the arsenal to be an excellent departure option. When you add the fact that it beats the striking area as seen in a 5.8% walking rate in 2024, you have reasons of optimism.
Apart from health, what are the concerns with Scherzer in the future?
You can’t just spend health things with Scherzer, even if it’s obvious. He is a launcher who has not reached 160 rounds in his last three seasons, and has not made 30 departures since 2021. There is a very good chance that he will have to miss time by injury , because 1. It’s a launcher and 2. He is a launcher who is 41 years old in July.
And while the secondary launchers are still very good, the fast ball leaves a little to be desired at this stage of his career. It is not a surprise for a launcher who launched 2,878 rounds in his career and who has been playing since 2008, but that makes him no less true. Last year, the strikers struck 0.492 against the field with a very high weighted basic average of 0.353. In a much larger sample in 2023, the strikers hit 0.458 against the offering with a woba of 0.340. Without trying to be aged, it is very difficult to imagine that these figures will improve in 2025. This is generally not how it works, anyway.
Where does Scherzer be held in the rotation of Toronto?
Scherzer will not be the AS of Blue Jays to open the year; It will be Kevin Gausman. He may also not open the year as a second leaving after Jose Berrios gave Toronto 192 (mainly) quality sleeves, and Toronto also has Chris Bassitt and Bowden Francis in rotation. It seems likely that Scherzer will open the year as the third starter for the Blue Jays, but do not be surprised if they choose to keep it fresh and perhaps add an additional day of rest between start a time or two . On paper, it is a solid rotation, but perhaps the one that offers a little more risks than reward.
Where should Scherzer be written in 2025?
It is difficult to recommend writing a launcher who had the health problems of Scherzer terribly high, especially if you consider the little departure launchers at his age.
That being said, I think there is an opportunity for him to be a fantastic relevant arm in 2025. This cursor did not go nowhere, and it is reasonable to expect the Blue Jays Ask to count on his secondary offers much more this year than he did in 2024. He will play behind a solid and non -spectacular program which should give him a chance to win matches, and the withdrawal / walking ratio will help more What to hurt. The only other concern I have is that the external defense of the Jays may not be elite and that Scherzer is really a flying ball launcher, but I think the stuff and the order are always good enough So that it is a top 40 leaving in the Top 40 launcher in the top 40 in the top 40 campaign to come.
