Max Scherzer returning to Toronto is unlikely but not unfeasible for Blue Jays
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After a strong finish to the season with the Toronto Blue Jays, does Max Scherzer still have enough left in the tank for one more go around?
If you just look at Scherzer's regular-season stats for 2025, you might think at the age of 41, might not have that much left to give.
But in October, he reminded everyone he is Max Scherzer, and in a way that could surely encourage someone else to bring him back for 2026 for similar reasons.
Max Scherzer leaves Game 7 to a standing ovation
He's been one of the most intimidating postseason pitchers for nearly two decades now.
And remember: If you are a manager and you come out to the mound to take Max out of the game, be ready for a fight.
Scherzer may very well end up in San Francisco with new manager Tony Vitello, his college pitching coach at the University of Missouri, and seek to pitch an entire season, something the 41-year-old feels capable of doing.
Max Scherzer on new Giants manager Tony Vitello, his former pitching coach at Missouri: «I absolutely believe in him. He's to this day one of my closest friends and I absolutely believe he's gonna get it done at the big league level.»
Scherzer returning to the Blue Jays is unlikely but not unfeasible
Scherzer's impact on the Blue Jays organization both on and off the field are highly valued, which could spur a creative arrangement.
At the moment, the Blue Jays project to have surplus in the rotation, with Cease, Ponce and Bieber joining incumbents Kevin Gausman, Trey Yesavage, Jose Berrios and potential swingmen Eric Lauer and Bowden Francis.
Scherzer's been through it, having played for seven different franchises over the course of his 18-year Hall-of-Fame career, and he understands that he just has to "let the calendar work" as the months go by in free agency.
But after coming that close to success with a group he seems to have a love for, it appears as though he wants to finish what he came to do when he signed that one-year deal last winter.
That may have been the last time we see Max Scherzer in the MLB playoffs, where he's been an institution. He's appeared in 11 playoff runs with 157 IP (8th all-time), 182 Ks (5th), 2 World Series Game 7 starts, and 2 World Series rings.
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