{"id":46070,"date":"2021-04-17T01:22:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T05:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=46070"},"modified":"2021-04-17T01:22:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T05:22:01","slug":"max-scherzer-passes-cy-young-in-career-strikeouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2021\/04\/17\/max-scherzer-passes-cy-young-in-career-strikeouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Scherzer Passes Cy Young in Career Strikeouts"},"content":{"rendered":"

After striking out Asdrubal Cabrera of the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a>, Washington Nationals<\/a> starter Max Scherzer has passed Cy Young in the career strikeouts leaderboards<\/a> with 2,804. This puts Scherzer 22nd in strikeouts behind a whopping 16 Hall of Famers and one future Hall of Famer, Justin Verlander. Now, Scherzer is 10 strikeouts away from passing Mike Mussina for 21st on the list.<\/p>\n

Max Scherzer Passes Cy Young in Career Strikeouts with 2,804<\/h2>\n

While Max Scherzer is already a lock for the Hall of Fame, this is another milestone in his magnificent career. Scherzer has completed this feat in just over 2370 innings, which is 288th all-time, making the feat even more impressive.<\/p>\n

Per nine innings, Scherzer is third all-time at slightly under 10.7 strikeouts, behind Chris Sale and Yu Darvish. Another important stat for Scherzer is his strikeout-to-walk ratio. He is ninth all-time in this department, despite struggling with command early in his career.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, since signing with the Nationals in 2015 on a seven-year, $210 million contract, Scherzer’s strikeout totals have gone up. He has 1484 strikeouts and 11.8 strikeouts per nine innings with the Nationals. He also has a flawless 5.9 strikeout-to-walk ratio. 52.9% of his strikeouts have come in the Nation’s Capital, including a 20-strikeout game against his former team (Detroit Tigers<\/a>), while 47.7% of his career innings pitched have come in DC, highlighting the uptick.<\/p>\n

At age 36, Scherzer’s stuff, including fastball velocity and command, have remained solid, despite his 1.1 miles per hour dip from last season<\/a>. It would not be out of the question for Scherzer to continue to pitch at a high level over this year and the next two seasons. That could put Walter Johnson’s strikeout standing, ninth all-time, in reach with 3509 strikeouts.<\/p>\n

A Hall of Fame talent, competitor, and pitcher, Max Scherzer is still adding to his magnificent MLB legacy.<\/p>\n

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