The low season of the MLB It has already started and the big names have not made us wait and the movements have already begun to take place. The oldest of them, the starting pitcher of the Dodgers and three times winner at Cy Young, Max Scherzer, will sign a three-year contract with a total value of 130 million dollars with the New York Mets.
A new era has begun in New York. After letting two starting pitchers go, Noah Syndergaard (Angels) and Steven Matz (St. Louis), the Mets They did not sit idly by and are about to sign one of the most sought-after free agents: Max Scherzer, who ended 2021 playing for the Dodgers, after six years with the Washington Nationals, where he won the 2019 World Series.
In 2021 and at 36 years old, ScherzerOnce again, he had an excellent season. Among Nationals and Dodgers He finished the year with a 15-4 record, a 2.46 ERA, 179.1 innings pitched and 236 strikeouts, which earned him a third-place finish in the Cy Young on the National League.
Scherzer will join in New York to another pitching ace, Jacob deGrom. Between the two of them, they will form one of the best rotations in the entire Big Top. The Mets they are not holding back and have already spent, in addition to the Scherzer, 124 million dollars between starling mars, Eduardo Escobar and Mark Canha.
The contract of Mad Max will be historic in the MLB. The $ 43.3 million he will earn per season is the highest annual amount a team will pay a player in the history of the majors. Furthermore, it is also the largest total contract that the Mets They have awarded to a player who arrives as a free agent.
In case the situation does not accommodate Max Scherzer, has an exit clause from the team after two seasons, which would make him, at 38, a free agent once again, with the freedom to choose his next destination again.
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