{"id":16667,"date":"2025-02-16T20:47:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T20:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/16\/veteran-starter-scherzer-continues-to-evolve\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T20:47:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T20:47:52","slug":"veteran-starter-scherzer-continues-to-evolve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/16\/veteran-starter-scherzer-continues-to-evolve\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran starter Scherzer continues to evolve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>DUNEDIN \u2013 Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman shakes out his arm when he thinks back to stepping into the batter\u2019s box to face now-teammate Max Scherzer.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Gausman, who was with Baltimore at the time of the 2018 interleague series against Washington, remembers specific details from the matchup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI struck out on a change-up and I thought I hyperextended my elbow,\u201d Gausman said. \u201cI thought I was all over it and then it just, you know, (dropped).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scherzer has made a Hall of Fame career out of keeping batters guessing.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old right-hander, who recently signed a one-year deal with Toronto, said he prides himself on how he has evolved as a pitcher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a cat-and-mouse game,\u201d Scherzer said Sunday. \u201cEvolving just has to be a part of your DNA. You have to welcome it. That\u2019s what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A three-time Cy Young Award winner, Scherzer relies on a four-seam fastball in a repertoire that includes a slider, curve, change-up and cutter.<\/p>\n<p>Combined with a delivery that can feature different looks, Scherzer still appears to have game after 17 big-league seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeception is the thing that we can\u2019t quantify right now,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the things that I\u2019ve always strived (for) is to be deceptive. 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It\u2019s a mixture of that and he\u2019s not going to take it easy on you ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Scherzer, who made his debut in 2008 with the Arizona Diamondbacks, is joining his seventh big-league team. He won the World Series with the Nationals in 2019 and with Texas in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Back surgery recovery and a nerve issue limited him to nine games last season, but he\u2019s satisfied with how he\u2019s ramping up at the Blue Jays\u2019 player development complex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u201dm right where I need to be,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll be out here in a live (batting practice) soon and then games after that. 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Pitchers of all ages are keen to glean a little info by watching one of the game\u2019s masters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fired up to have every aspect of him,\u201d said Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins. \u201cThe competitiveness, the professionalism, what he brings. Obviously the back of the baseball card, it\u2019s the top.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not much better than Max Scherzer and what he\u2019s accomplished.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Scherzer\u2019s trademark intensity is evident no matter if it\u2019s a Game 7 situation or his first throwing session of the spring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really liked watching him before the pitch clock because he\u2019d strike a guy out and he\u2019d walk all the way out to second base,\u201d Gausman said. \u201cHe\u2019d go on this big circle around the mound and he just had an aura about himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you weren\u2019t ready to go, the game was already over and you could see it on the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a fierceness that Dave Dombrowski, the Philadelphia Phillies\u2019 president of baseball operations, knows well. He was the general manager in Detroit when Scherzer was with the Tigers over a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe always wants to get better,\u201d Dombrowski said at an MLB media day availability. \u201cHe\u2019s the ultimate. That\u2019s what you\u2019re looking to have in a pitcher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the elite, is what he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 16, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11021698\/veteran-starter-scherzer-continues-to-evolve\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUNEDIN \u2013 Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman shakes out his arm when he thinks back to stepping into the batter\u2019s box to face now-teammate Max Scherzer. 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