Max Scherzer is baseball’s first $210 million bargain for the Washington Nationals. He added the latest chapter to his legacy, that will likely lead to Cooperstown, by notching a 300 strikeout season.
He started his 33rd game of the season just 10 punchouts away from the historic milestone. For most pitchers, that would be a tall order in one start, but with Scherzer, it hardly felt in doubt coming into it. After all, he had 17 10+ strikeout games already this year.
He took the mound for the seventh inning with eight Ks to his name and struck out Lewis Brinson to leadoff the inning.