The Blue Jays are the fourth team Scherzer will make a World Series start for in his career.
Scherzer’s longest World Series start was his first for the Detroit Tigers in 2012. He went five innings in his two appearances for the Washington Nationals in 2019. He had a three-inning stint for the Texas Rangers in 2023.
The expectation is for Scherzer to throw five innings on Monday. He lasted 5.2 frames in ALCS Game 4. He lasted five innings in two of his last three regular-season starts.
Scherzer doesn’t have overwhelming stuff anymore, but he still knows how to get batters out, as he proved against Seattle.
Glasnow produced eight strikeouts in each of his last three playoff starts, but it will be difficult to reach that total against a Toronto team that is one of the best at putting the ball in play.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto had eight strikeouts in Game 2, but that was over the course of nine innings. Blake Snell had four punchouts across five innings in Game 1.
Glasnow can still have a lengthy start even if he doesn’t strike out a ton of batters. There is concern about a long outing, though, because the Dodgers have a fully fresh bullpen after Yamamoto’s complete game.
Dave Roberts could pull Glasnow earlier than usual with more leverage arms available.
Max Scherzer: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Tyler Glasnow: 5.2 IP, 3 H, ER, 5 K