At age 39, Scherzer will make one of the most important starts of his career in the same place his journey began.
PHOENIX — Long before was a future Hall of Famer, 14 years before he was slated to start Game 3 of the World Series for the , he was a young pitcher with a jerky, violent delivery. When the trade went down during the 2009 Winter Meetings, another promising young hurler was visiting with his parents when a New York writer texted him. Soon after, he saw his name on scrolling on the ESPN ticker. The pitcher turned to his father. Advertisement “Dad,” said, “I think I just got traded.
He said recovering from a start — “that car that would run me over,” he called it — used to take him two or three days. As he aged, it took all five days, if he ever felt recovered at all. The bullpen became a better home. “Honestly, what’s most impressive to me is that you can still start at our age,’” Kennedy said he told Scherzer. “He goes, ‘No, I had to evolve.’” Max Scherzer had a 3.86 ERA in two years with the Diamondbacks.
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