{"id":432760,"date":"2026-01-23T18:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/432760\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:35:08","slug":"max-scherzer-wont-rush-deal-could-wait-past-opening-day-to-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/432760\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Scherzer won’t rush deal, could wait past Opening Day to sign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan 23, 2026, 11:19 AM ET<\/p>\n

Free agent right-hander Max Scherzer<\/a> is in no hurry to sign for a 19th major league season but also says he is healthy and ready if certain teams call.<\/p>\n

Scherzer, 41, told The Athletic on Thursday that he is willing to wait past Opening Day to join a club, indicating he is looking for an opportunity with certain, unspecified teams.<\/p>\n

He threw 85 regular-season innings and made three postseason starts for the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> in 2025, including a pair of outings during the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>. He allowed one run in 4\u2153 innings of Game 7 before the Dodgers made a title-winning comeback.<\/p>\n

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Blue Jays manager John Schneider had raved about Scherzer’s competitiveness and preparation as the eight-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young Award winner chased a third World Series title.<\/p>\n

But Scherzer has made just 26 starts combined over the past two seasons and had a career-worst 5.17 ERA in 17 regular-season starts for the Blue Jays in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan 23, 2026, 11:19 AM ET Free agent right-hander Max Scherzer is in no hurry to sign for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-432760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}