Scherzer hoping to win World Series for third team with Jays

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TORONTO -- Max Scherzer joined the Toronto Blue Jays convinced he can win a World Series with a third team following titles with Washington and Texas.

"Winning cures everything," the 40-year-old right-hander said Friday, three days after his $15.5 million, one-year contract was announced. "All you need to do to wake up in the morning is to have that drive to win and the rest kind of takes care of itself."

A three-time Cy Young Award winner, Scherzer was 2-4 with a 3.95 ERA last year for the Rangers. He started the season on the injured list while recovering from lower back surgery and was on the IL from Aug. 2 to Sept. 13 because of shoulder fatigue. He didn't pitch after…