Yardbarker: Max Scherzer

I'll Have What He's Having: Curious Contract Provisions in the NCAA

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:32:00 -0500

The job of a sports agent is to get the best contract terms for his/her client. The best/most notorious is Scott Boras, famous for his reputation of being a tough negotiator for baseball players. His newly-drafted clients have no qualms about saying "no," even if that means sitting out an entire season of minor league baseball. The willingness and ability to say "no" is one of the most important determinants of absolute bargaining power. It helps when there are numerous in...

Max Scherzer - Starter or Closer?

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:38:11 -0500

More photos » by Paul Abell - AP Max does his best Skeletor impression, trying to convince the organization that his stuff isn't the only thing that's intimidating. Browse more photos » As we wrap up this painful Diamondbacks season, we're left to look ahead to the future to try to make the best roster for ourselves and our future, and one of the most prevalent and talked-about debates is what ...

Gameday Thread, #139: 9/7 vs. Dodgers

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:02:23 -0500

Vicente PadillaRHP, 9-6, 4.72 Max ScherzerRHP, 9-8, 4.10 Day-game! Labor Day! Unfortunately, some of us still have to go to work. Boo! So I won't be able to share in all the barbecuing, etc. that is no doubt going on in the free world today... Back home for the Diamondbacks after getting swept in quite an ugly fashion in Colorado - our pitchers had an ERA of 8.25, while our hitters went 2-for-24 with runners in scoring ...

Gameday Thread, #134: 9/2 vs. Dodgers

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:26:31 -0500

Max ScherzerRHP, 8-8, 4.26 Chad BillingsleyRHP, 12-8, 3.83 We reach the midpoint of a streak of 16 games without a day off, but I'll be riding the pine tonight, with Azreous taking over. It's probably for the best that we lost last night, as if we'd gone 6-for-6 with me behind the recap wheel, I would probably feel obliged to keep going. As is, no qualms about handing this off and enjoying an early night - 7:10pm starts...

Gameday Thread, #124: 8/22 vs. Astros

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:35:40 -0500

Max ScherzerRHP, 7-7, 4.00 Brian MoehlerRHP, 7-9, 5.40 As noted below, Brandon Allen makes his major-league debut for the Diamondbacks today. The team clearly didn't want to wait until the rosters expand, in a little more than a week, but it'll be interesting to see how he gets used down the stretch. We were expecting Whitesell to be the regular starter at first-base when he was called up for the second time, but he only st...

Gameday Thread, #119: 8/17 vs. Braves

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:36:03 -0500

Max ScherzerRHP, 6-6, 3.43 Tommy HansonRHP, 7-2, 3.05 Hey! A Monday day-game! Actually, when I got up this morning, I had a horrible feeling that it was a 1pm Atlanta start, so I'd missed it - I am therefore highly-pleased that MLB took the fact I have Monday off into account, and scheduled it for the much more civilized start of 4:05pm. This will make it a pleasing afternoon diversion for me, here in Arizona. At least, I hope ...

Gameday Thread, #103: 8/1 vs. Mets

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:57:49 -0500

Max ScherzerRHP, 6-6, 3.61 ERA Oliver PerezLHP, 2-3, 7.42 And so, we exit July with a winning record - but more on that tomorrow when I recap the month - and head into August, hoping for more of the same. Don't have time to do any kind of proper previiew, but Perez has proved eminently hittable in his starts this season, while Max Scherzer hasn't. I'm therefore optimistic we have a good chance in this one. Free runs fro...

Diamondbacks 9 - Pirates 0: Yes, even the accidental emoticon formed in this title feels shocked for the absolute travesty that is the Pirates organization

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:53:13 -0500

More photos » by Matt York - AP Know not these veins? They run with the blood of my slain enemies, that I drink up on the battlefield! - "The Song of Scherzer, canto XI" Browse more photos » With Mad Max Scherzer on the mound and a suddenly resurgent offense, the Diamondbacks were never truly in danger of losing the contest. Indeed, they struck early and often, tagging Virgil Vasquez for at least...

Gameday Thread, #99: 7/27 vs. Pirates

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:44:37 -0500

Virgil VasquezRHP, 1-4, 5.54 Max ScherzerLHP, 5-6, 3.86 Max Scherzer has been lucky, in that the quality of opposing batters he's had to face is among the lowest in the major-leagues - he's ranked #115 of 116 pitchers with 80+ innings, when measured by the OPS of those they've seen. And that streak continues today: he starts against Pittsburgh, 12th-ranked in the NL and Scherzer gets to skip over the league-leading Phil...

Gameday Thread, #94: 7/21 vs. Rockies

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:42:36 -0500

Max ScherzerRHP, 5-6, 3.64 Aaron CookRHP, 9-3, 3.85 Let's hope that this series goes exactly the same way as the one earlier this month, where de la Rosa shut us down in the opener, but the Diamondbacks then came back to take the next two games, facing Cook and Jimenez - the same two we faced previously. We need to improve just about every aspect of our game from yesterday's performance, probably beginning with our starter ...

Gameday Thread #80: 7/3 vs. Rockies

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:44:10 -0500

Max ScherzerRHP, 5-5, 3.67 Jorge De La RosaLHP, 4-7, 5.64 Weird start time here: from what I can see, first pitch will be at 6:10pm in Denver, an hour earlier than I thought it would be. Maybe it's a bizarre plan to discomfort the Diamondbacks, who arrived there after another one-run loss, dropping a series despite their pitching allowing only six runs over the three games. We also extended our streak of losing one-run games - ...

Max Scherzer: Snake Eyes

Sat, 10 May 2008 16:46:35 -0500

I was watching the Arizona Diamondbacks-Chicago Cubs game this afternoon, and the commentators brought up a certain fun fact about Arizona rookie pitcher, Max Scherzer. Dude has a condition called heterochromia - he has a blue eye and a brown eye. I don't know what's scarier for a hitter - seeing a guy with different color eyes staring you down, or his 98 mph heater.

Scherzer Has Odd Choice of Internal Clothing

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:40:23 -0500

Max Scherzer reveals he wears his underwear backwards.

Corky Blogs: Live Max Scherzer Blog

Mon, 05 May 2008 20:26:41 -0500

follow the world's only live blog of Max Scherzer's first mlb start. phillies v. diamondbacks.

Top 7: Overhyped Pitching Debuts

Sun, 04 May 2008 23:54:28 -0500

Max Scherzer makes his starting debut Monday night in Arizona. In honor, we look at the 7 most overhyped pitching debuts of the past 15 years.