Blue Jays' Max Scherzer makes interesting comments on win streak being snapped at 10 games
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Toronto Blue Jays starting Pitcher Max Scherzer had some comments on the teams win streak being snapped by the Chicago White Sox at 10 games on Wednesday.
Max Scherzer was twice part of 12-game win streaks with the Detroit Tigers, once in 2011 and again in 2013.
When he won the World Series with the Washington Nationals in 2019 and the Texas Rangers in 2023, the longest runs for those teams were eight straight.
So, the 10-game win streak for his Toronto Blue Jays, which ended one game short of tying the club record Wednesday afternoon with a 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox, isn't new, but neither is it a regular occurrence, even for good teams.
«I know right now we all want to talk about streaks and the streak that we're on is great,» continued the Hall-of-Fame-bound right-hander. «And don't get me wrong, we're enjoying the absolute living daylights out of it. But it is less about the streak and more about how we're playing good baseball. We've been playing good baseball for the past six weeks. So to me, when you want to talk about the streak, I'm like, no, no, no, we've been playing good baseball. And I'd rather talk about that.»
That being said, Scherzer's wider point about the club's successful rebound is what's really relevant, since all streaks eventually end and meaningful conclusions are only drawn from larger sample sizes.
To that end, two arbitrary starting points the Blue Jays point to are an 8-5 comeback win in May at Anaheim against the Angels and a 2-0 victory May 28 at Texas, decided by Bo Bichette's pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning.
Since the first juncture, they are 38-19, and since the second, they are 28-11, catapulting them into the AL East lead at 54-39.
And it's the traits they've shown during that span, emerging out of a cold April, that need to be sustained over the final 2 ½ months of the season to keep the good times rolling.
«The common theme you see right now,» said Scherzer, «is that when somebody makes a mistake, somebody picks them up; somebody makes an error, somebody makes a big pitch; somebody doesn't get the run in, somebody gets a big hit; reliever struggles, offence comes alive. We've always had an answer for any adversity right now.
«Hitters aren't going to get every hit. Fielders are going to make some errors. Pitchers are going to give up home runs. That's the way it goes,» he added. «But when we've had something bad happen, other guys find a way to cover up for that mistake and do something better. To me, that's the team stuff, an 'it' factor. It's hard to measure it, hard to describe it. But when you see it, you know it.»
After an off-day, the Blue Jays play three in Sacramento against the Athletics, against whom they'll seek a final push before the all-star break.
Source: Sportsnet
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