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  • MLB rumors: Blue Jays showing interest in Max Scherzer, market heating up for All-Star reliever
    • MLB rumors: Blue Jays showing interest in Max Scherzer, market heating up for All-Star reliever
    Here's the latest from baseball's hot stove...2025
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for January 20, 2025
    • Royals Rumblings - News for January 20, 2025
    We salute Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. David Lesky looks at the non-roster invitees to spring training. Let’s see, Biggio is interesting as an NRI given where he was just a few years ago. I don’t think he makes the team. Devanney is a guy who I think should be a utility infielder in the big leagues right now because he can hit a little and can play shortstop capably. Tolbert has been in camp befor...2025
  • • Blue Jays Interested In Max Scherzer
    There hasn’t been much public buzz about Max Scherzer this winter, apart from a report earlier this month that four unknown clubs were showing interest in the future Hall-of-Famer’s services.  The Blue Jays may or may not have been one of those four mystery teams, but Toronto is showing interest in Scherzer now, according to…...2025
  • Nationals history: Ten years ago the Nats made their greatest free agent acquisition
    • Nationals history: Ten years ago the Nats made their greatest free agent acquisition
    Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Ten years ago, the Nationals made what was seen as a risky signing and ended up winning the lottery Ten years ago today, the Nationals finalized a 7-year $210 million contract with Max Scherzer. While it seemed like a lot of money at the time, the deal was a masterstroke, with Scherzer arguably becoming the greatest National of all time. In his last two years as a ...2025
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  • This Day in MLB History: Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Iván Rodriguez get elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
    • This Day in MLB History: Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Iván Rodriguez get elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
    Cooperstown gets a little bit larger with the addition of three legendary players from the ‘80s and ‘90s. MLB History 1938: Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. 1947: The Tigers sell first baseman Hank Greenberg to the Pirates. 1950: Bob Feller voluntarily takes a pay cut after going 15-14 in 1949. Cleveland obliges and slashes his salary from $45,000 to $20,000...2025
  • Mackenzie Gore needs to show consistency to reach his ace ceiling
    • Mackenzie Gore needs to show consistency to reach his ace ceiling
    Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Mackenzie Gore has shown a ton of flashes, but he needs to put it together for a full season Like a lot of the Nationals team, Mackenzie Gore has shown flashes, but hasn’t put it all together yet. However, he is further along in his maturation process than a lot of the teams youngsters. In 2024, Gore posted a 3.90 ERA and 3.53 FIP in 166.1 innings. This makes him a...2025
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Max Scherzer injury and suspension

  • BCB After Dark: Fifth starter?
    • BCB After Dark: Fifth starter?
    Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who should get the first chance to be the Cubs fifth starter, assuming no other acquisitions. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come in out of the cold. It’s plenty warm in here. Let us check your coat for you. The hostess wil...2025
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  • Can Keibert Ruiz repay the organizations faith in him
    • Can Keibert Ruiz repay the organizations faith in him
    James A. Pittman-Imagn Images Is this finally the year where Keibert Ruiz takes the next step? The Nationals have given Keibert Ruiz every opportunity to make the catchers position his own. Ruiz and Josiah Gray were the headliners in a trade that sent Trea Turner and Max Scherzer to the Dodgers. So far, neither has given the Nats what was expected at the time. Gray has been up and down, an...2025
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  • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
    • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
    Goose Gossage pitching for the Cubs in 1988 | Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images This article was prompted by a reader comment. In the comments regarding Max Scherzer in BCB After Dark, discussion turned to players who had good or great careers and who eventually wound up with the Cubs late in their careers. I said that “never, ever” worked and of course, that’s my usual hyp...2025
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  • BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs invest in Steele?
    • BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs invest in Steele?
    Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should extend Justin Steele. It’s another night here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you could join us this evening. Please come in out of the cold. There’s no cover charge this evening. We still have a...2025
  • BCB After Dark: Could the Cubs use some Max effort?
    • BCB After Dark: Could the Cubs use some Max effort?
    Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you’re interested in free agent starter Max Scherzer Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you decided to stop by. Come in out of the cold. We can check your coat. There’s no cover charge this evening. The hostess will take...2025
  • What each American League team has done this offseason
    • What each American League team has done this offseason
    Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Are the Royals keeping up? It’s a new year, and we should see MLB offseason begin to pick up as spring training nears. The Royals have made a few moves, but still have work to do. They’re not alone as many teams still have unfinished rosters. Let’s take a look around the American League at what each team has done so far this off-season - w...2025
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  • Braves News: 2025 starts with a quiet market, rumors, more
    • Braves News: 2025 starts with a quiet market, rumors, more
    Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Well we have entered 2025, and the league largely took a transaction hiatus for the New Year holiday. Jon Heyman did mention speculatively that the Braves might be a team interested in Max Scherzer this offseason, and that is a name that I have thought on myself this offseason. The Braves do seem to like the late career...2025
  • 300-game winners now a thing of MLB’s past
    • 300-game winners now a thing of MLB’s past
    Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The ever-changing landscape of Major League Baseball has rendered the 300-game winner a thing of the past. . In 2005, Detroit called up a 22-year-old pitching prospect named Justin Verlander. He made two starts, but they did not go particularly well. The next season, he started a streak of nine years in a row with at least 30 starts. I...2024
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  • Ranking this off-season’s free agents
    • Ranking this off-season’s free agents
    Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will the Royals spend on any? The World Series begins tomorrow, and immediately after they crown a champion, eligible players become free agents. The Royals were one of the most active teams last off-season, and GM J.J. Picollo has said he expects the same kind of financial flexibility from ownership this season. Which free agents could th...2024
  • Nationals series preview: Running out of time
    • Nationals series preview: Running out of time
    Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Nats love to run, can the Royals keep up? After years of playoff heartbreak, the Nationals finally won the first championship in club history in 2019 with a team full of stars like Juan Soto, Anthony Rendon, Trea Turner, Max Scherzer, and Stephen Strasburg. But within a few years, all of those players were gone, and the team has not had a winning record si...2024
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "There hasn’t been much public buzz about Max Scherzer this winter, apart from a report earlier this month that four unknown clubs were showing interest in the future Hall-of-Famer’s services."

  • 2024
    "The Rangers announced today that they’ve placed veteran right-hander Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list due to a strained left hamstring."

  • 2023
    "Max Scherzer Reportedly Open To Waiving No-Trade Clause"

  • 2022
    "Max Scherzer has oblique injury and dealing with blisters"

  • 2021
    "The Dodgers are making significant progress on a deal that would send them star right-hander Max Scherzer and star shortstop Trea Turner from the Nationals for a prospect-laden return, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

  • 2020
    "Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton slugs first home run of 2020 MLB season with 459-foot blast off Max Scherzer"

  • 2019
    "Among qualified starters, only Clayton Kershaw, Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer bested that ERA, while only Chri"

  • 2018
    "There was Max Scherzer, standing on the mound, grunting as he pounded fastballs into the catcher's mitt and getting angry for himself when he did not execute."

  • 2017
    "The Cubs rallied against the Nationals and Max Scherzer in a bizarre four-run fifth inning that checked nearly every item in the box score to post a crazy 9-8 victory Thursday night and clinch the National League Division Series."

  • 2016
    "Max Scherzer tied the single-game strikeout record on Wednesday, fanning 20 Tigers batters in Washington's 3-2 win at Nationals Park."

  • 2015
    "Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer fell to 6-5."

  • 2014
    "Lester doesn't have a Cy Young Award like Max Scherzer, but he set career bests in innings pitched (219."

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Max Scherzer trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Royals Rumblings - News for January 20, 2025
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  • • Nationals history: Ten years ago the Nats made their greatest free agent acquisition
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  • • This Day in MLB History: Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Iván Rodriguez get elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
    2025
  • • BCB After Dark: Fifth starter?
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  • • Can Keibert Ruiz repay the organizations faith in him
    2025
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  • • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
    2025
  • • BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs invest in Steele?
    2025
  • • BCB After Dark: Could the Cubs use some Max effort?
    2025
  • • What each American League team has done this offseason
    2025
  • Outside The Confines: Swinging into the new year
    • Outside The Confines: Swinging into the new year
    Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images A few minor moves. What is yet to be done this winter. A visit to Cooperstown and other news from around MLB. Good morning. The Dodgers have signed infielder Hyeseong Kim on a three-year, 12.5 million deal. Kim had been posted by the Kiwoom Heroes of KBO. The Orioles have signed right-hander Charlie Morton to a one-year, $15 million deal. First off, c...2025
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Max Scherzer stats and results

  • • BCB After Dark: Fifth starter?
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  • • Can Keibert Ruiz repay the organizations faith in him
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  • • BCB After Dark: Could the Cubs use some Max effort?
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  • • Free Agent Faceoff: Max Scherzer/Walker Buehler
    Three years ago today, the results of voting for 2021’s NL Cy Young award were announced. The top of the ballot featured a somewhat controversial battle between the elite rate production of then-Brewers ace Corbin Burnes and the volume offered by Phillies ace Zack Wheeler, with Burnes ultimately taking home the trophy. Finish just below…...2024
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  • • 300-game winners now a thing of MLB’s past
    2024
  • This day in Braves History: John Smoltz pushes Braves to NLDS sweep of Astros
    • This day in Braves History: John Smoltz pushes Braves to NLDS sweep of Astros
    Good times and great memories in Houston for John Smoltz. Braves franchise history 1957: In Game 2 of the World Series, Lew Burdette wins the first of his three decisions against the Yankees. Burdette and the Milwaukee Braves beat Bobby Shantz 4-2 1997: The Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins both sweep their respective NL Division Series. The Braves, behind a three-hitter by John Smoltz, complet...2024
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  • A salute to Zack Greinke
    • A salute to Zack Greinke
    Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images If this is it for Zack Greinke, it has been quite a ride. Zack Greinke made me love baseball. I was a freshman in high school back in 2009 and for pretty much all of my conscious (and sub-conscious life, really) the Kansas City Royals were not a very good baseball team. Well, scratch that. For pretty much my entire life to that point, the Royals were amon...2023
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  • • 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 53
    David Banks-USA TODAY Sports A win! An impressive one at that! Well, here in the Heroes and Goats department of Bleed Cubbie Blue, this was hands down the performance of the year. Long time followers of this series know that at the end of the year, I bring you a list of top 10 and a bottom 10 games by WPA. I track scores +/- .400. To date, there had been no scores over .400. I certainly w...2023
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  • • Rick Reuschel should be in the Hall of Fame
    Getty Images The former Cubs righthander is seriously underrated. Let me start another Hall of Fame controversy. I think it’s a serious oversight by the Hall of Fame to not have inducted former Cubs righthander Rick Reuschel, more than 30 years after his retirement. Reuschel didn’t get any real consideration in his one year on the BBWAA ballot in 1997. He got just two votes from writers an...2023
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  • • Max Scherzer Likely Out Six To Eight Weeks Due To Oblique Strain
    The results of Max Scherzer’s MRI are in, and the news isn’t great for the Mets. The team announced Thursday that Scherzer has suffered a “moderate to high grade internal oblique strain” and is expected to miss six to eight weeks. He’ll be placed on the injured list alongside co-ace Jacob deGrom (stress reaction in his…...2022

Max Scherzer parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Nationals history: Ten years ago the Nats made their greatest free agent acquisition
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  • • BCB After Dark: Fifth starter?
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  • • BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs invest in Steele?
    2025
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  • • BCB After Dark: Could the Cubs use some Max effort?
    2025
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  • Expecting the Mets to win is a surefire way for the Mets to lose
    • Expecting the Mets to win is a surefire way for the Mets to lose
    Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Not expecting the Mets to win is the cardinal rule for fans. I broke it. This is a guest piece from Scott Rogowsky. Rogowsky is a comedian and the host of HQ Trivia, a mobile game show. He’s a lifelong fan of the New York Mets. You can follow him on X at @ScottRogowsky The Mets lost, and it’s my fault. They didn’t lose Game 6 of the National League Champion...2024
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  • Outside The Confines: One month down
    • Outside The Confines: One month down
    Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images At the end of baseball’s first month, things are starting to take shape. It seems impossible that a full month of baseball has passed us by. It feels like only yesterday we were celebrating Opening Day, and now we’re getting to a point where it might be time to stop saying “small sample size” as an excuse. The Dodgers aren’t a shocker as the NL West le...2024
  • A Royals geographical lesson
    • A Royals geographical lesson
    Photo by © Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Who produces the best regional talent While snowed in recently, I got to thinking about states that seem to produce more professional athletes. Pennsylvania comes to mind immediately. Looking at the top football players who came out of Pennsylvania is like looking at a Hall of Fame roster. Same with baseball, as some of the biggest na...2024
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  • Tuesday Rockpile: It’s time for the Colorado Rockies to lean into their rebuild
    • Tuesday Rockpile: It’s time for the Colorado Rockies to lean into their rebuild
    Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Remember those Colorado Rockies’ “Generation R” ads from 2005? It was an advertising campaign “intended to celebrate the youthful energy and veteran determination that will comprise the Rockies’ clubhouse in 2005.” As the March 2005 schedule put it, this was “the evolution of Rockies baseball....2024
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  • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2005
    • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2005
    Photo by Warren Wimmer/Getty Images There were a lot of hit-or-miss minor trades, and a couple of big ones. The 2005 Cubs were expected to do better than they did. Instead, it was a year muddling around .500, and the trades made that year reflected that. February 2: Acquired Mike Fontenot, Jerry Hairston Jr. and Dave Crouthers from the Orioles for Sammy Sosa After Sosa’s unceremonious exit...2024
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  • • A salute to Zack Greinke
    2023
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Top Max Scherzer news

  • • Fall 4! Cubs return to LCS, Fly The W in DC
    And then there were four. The Cubs rallied against the Nationals and Max Scherzer in a bizarre four-run fifth inning that checked nearly every item in the box score to post a crazy 9-8 victory Thursday night and clinch the National League Division Series....2017
  • • Rizzo's bloop sinks Nats as Cubs take DS lead
    The Cubs survived four errors and a dominant outing by Max Scherzer to post a 2-1 come-from-behind victory Monday on Anthony Rizzo's bloop RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning and take a 2-1 lead over the Nationals in the National League Division Series presented by T-Mobile....2017
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  • • Tanaka tops Scherzer as Yanks win 7th straight
    Two homers from Stephen Drew and a seventh-inning barrage helped lead the Yankees to their seventh straight victory, a 6-1 win over the Nationals on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven strong innings of one-run ball to pick up his fourth win. Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer fell to 6-5....2015
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  • • Yanks win 7th straight behind Tanaka, 4-run 7th
    Two homers from Stephen Drew and a seventh-inning barrage helped lead the Yankees to their seventh straight victory, a 6-1 win over the Nationals on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven strong innings of one-run ball to pick up his fourth win. Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer fell to 6-5....2015
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  • • Source: Scherzer nearing multiyear contract
    Free-agent pitcher Max Scherzer is nearing agreement on a multiyear contract with an unidentified club, a baseball source confirmed to ESPN.com Sunday....2015
  • • Greinke extends scoreless streak, tops Nats
    It was Star Wars day at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon. When it was over, the force was strong with Zack Greinke, who outdueled Max Scherzer as the Dodgers blanked the Nationals, 5-0. Greinke, who pitched eight innings, has not allowed a run in 43 2/3 innings, which is the third-longest scoreless streak in Dodgers history....2015
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  • • Nationals, Scherzer agree to seven-year contract
    Free-agent right-hander Max Scherzer agreed to a seven-year contract with the Nationals, a source told MLB.com. The club did not confirm the deal, which was first reported by CBSSports.com....2015
  • • K's to the Max: Scherzer ties mark with 20
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Max Scherzer fantasy rankings and news

  • • The case for the Nationals to win it all
    Once again, the Washington Nationals resemble as much of an impressive fantasy baseball draft as they do a ballclub that actually exists in real-life. They are a stunning collection of mostly mid-prime talent that has sent 12 representatives to the All-Star Game over the past three years. Led by a former MVP winner in Bryce Harper and the two-time reigning NL Cy Young recipient in Max Scherzer, th...2018
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  • • Who is king of aces in fantasy baseball?
    While the fantasy community has reached a consensus on the top tier of aces this season, determining the best option among Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Corey Kluber and Chris Sale is far more difficult. Instead of settling for picking names out of a hat, let's compare them in the four starter-related fantasy categories and some additional areas of interest to establish a pecking order....2018
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  • • Dee Gordon's PED Suspension Stunner Is Gut Punch for MLB
    2016
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  • • Dee Gordon's PED Suspension Stunner Is Gut Punch for MLB
    2016
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
    2016
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  • • Shane Greene to Tigers: Latest Trade Details, Scouting Report and Reaction
    2014
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  • • Nelson Cruz Splash Could Finally End Mariners' 13-Year Postseason Drought
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  • • Hanley Ramirez, Pablo Sandoval Deals Tip of Iceberg for Latest Red Sox Reload
    2014
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Max Scherzer schedule, game

  • • Royals Rumblings - News for January 20, 2025
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  • • Mackenzie Gore needs to show consistency to reach his ace ceiling
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  • • BCB After Dark: Fifth starter?
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  • • Can Keibert Ruiz repay the organizations faith in him
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  • • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
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  • • BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs invest in Steele?
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    Visit the page Justin Steele
  • • BCB After Dark: Could the Cubs use some Max effort?
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  • • What each American League team has done this offseason
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  • • Outside The Confines: Swinging into the new year
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  • • Justin Verlander Drawing Interest From “Multiple Teams”
    There hasn’t been much public buzz about Justin Verlander’s market as the three-time Cy Young Award winner prepares for his 20th Major League season, yet business may be starting to pick up.  MLB Network’s Jon Morosi (video link) reports that “multiple teams [are] interested in” the right-hander, and that Verlander and former teammate Max Scherzer…...2025

Max Scherzer rumors, scandals

  • • Blue Jays Interested In Max Scherzer
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  • • BCB After Dark: Could the Cubs use some Max effort?
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  • • Justin Verlander Drawing Interest From “Multiple Teams”
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  • • Outside The Confines: One month down
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  • • Max Scherzer Carves His Place in MLB History with 20-K Masterpiece
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  • • Dee Gordon's PED Suspension Stunner Is Gut Punch for MLB
    2016
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  • • Dee Gordon's PED Suspension Stunner Is Gut Punch for MLB
    2016
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  • • Dodgers Should Unleash Top Prospect Jose De Leon in Final 2016 Rotation Spot
    2016
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Last-Minute Bargains as Spring Training Beckons
    2016
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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