Right-handed fastball pitcher Max Scherzer is expected to move from the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers.
Texas club agreed to trade Scherzer with the Mets, and that if Scherzer withdraws his right to refuse the trade, which he had when he signed with the Mets two years ago, he will transfer to Texas.
If the trade goes through, Texas can fill the vacancy of Jacob deGrom, who ended his season prematurely last month due to right elbow surgery, with Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young Award winner.
Scherzer went 9-4 this season with an ERA of 4.01, and is one of the best pitchers of his time with a career record of 210-106, an ERA of 3.15, and 3,314 strikeouts.
He received $43 million in annual salary alone this year, becoming the highest paid player in MLB.
However, this season, he is hitting an average of 1.9 home runs per 9 innings due to poor pitch, and is struggling the most during his 16th season in the big leagues.
Texas is approaching the daunting dream of ‘fall baseball’ by dropping last year’s World Series champion Houston Astros to second place and leading the American League West.
BY. 토토사이트