story posted Monday morning<\/a> that he wants to continue playing in 2026 after being healthy throughout most of the postseason.<\/p>\n\u201cKnowing that my thumb is healthy, that means my right arm is going to be healthy. That was the No. 1 worry,\u201d Scherzer said. \u201cI\u2019m past that. I\u2019m way past that. Now, looking forward, I want to still compete, and compete for a World Series. I want to continue my career and play in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
At 41, Scherzer became the oldest pitcher to start a Game 7 of the World Series. While the Toronto Blue Jays ultimately fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers in extra innings in heartbreaking fashion, Scherzer was solid that night, allowing just one earned run in 4.1 innings and leaving the game with a lead. <\/p>\n
After the loss, Scherzer said he would take some time to reflect on things but also told reporters he believed he had more in the tank. He later confirmed that to Rosenthal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can still do this,\u201d Scherzer said in Monday\u2019s story.<\/p>\n
The 18-year veteran made 17 starts during the regular season after signing a one-year contract with the Blue Jays last winter. The results were up and down as Scherzer finished 5-5 with a 5.19 ERA, including a 10.20 ERA in the month of September. He missed time throughout the season with a right thumb issue that also affected the upper left side of his back .<\/p>\n
But the future Hall of Famer was far better in the postseason.<\/p>\n
Toronto left him off their American League Division Series roster against the New York Yankees, which Scherzer says allowed him time to get fully healthy. And in his first start back in the ALCS against the Seattle Mariners, he turned in his best postseason outing in years, allowing just two earned runs in 5.2 innings.<\/p>\n
In three starts, Scherzer allowed a total of six earned runs, turning in a 3.77 ERA.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way I see it, I\u2019m healthy. I\u2019m going to be able to go into spring training. I\u2019m going to be able to ramp up,\u201d Scherzer told Rosenthal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a track record of being a durable starter. I know how to navigate a season. I know how to navigate starts. I just feel I\u2019m in a much better position to be able to do that now that I have this thumb issue completely resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It sounds like Max Scherzer isn\u2019t calling it a career just yet. The 41-year-old pitcher told The Athletic\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[712,49,48,84941,462,82,75156],"class_list":["post-274469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-max-scherzer-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-326473","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-toronto-blue-jays-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-238"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}