His $70 million average salary is 62% above the previous high of $43,333,333, shared by pitchers Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander with deals they struck with the New York Mets.

Source: https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/12/09/ap-news-in-brief-at-1204-a-m-est-479/

Joey Lucchesi authored the kind of masterpiece one might expect from Max Scherzer or Justin Verlander a month ago in San Francisco.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/05/21/scherzer-looks-solid-for-second-straight-outing-despite-thumb-issue/

Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer were granted their escape from Queens – more on the Mets in a bit – but rumors of Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto, Josh Hader, Nolan Arenado and others changing addresses feel like distant memories.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/08/02/hoornstra-5-things-we-learned-from-the-mlb-trade-deadline/

Max Scherzer reflects on Mets trade as he…

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/08/28/max-scherzer-reflects-on-mets-trade-as-he-returns-to-citi-field-with-texas-rangers/

Max Scherzer (right) was traded to the Rangers on Saturday.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/07/29/justin-verlander-may-be-next-to-be-traded-for-a-mets-team-in-transition/

Mets’ Max Scherzer pitches in opposition to the Marlins within the Mets’ 5-3 Opening Day win.

Source: https://basquiatstrings.co.uk/mets-max-scherzer-fades-late-but-gets-the-win-early-on-opening-day-bt-news

Omar Narvaez is the Mets’ scheduled Opening Day catcher for Max Scherzer.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/03/28/mets-daniel-vogelbach-isnt-worried-about-his-poor-spring/

Seattle’s Hector Santiago and Arizona’s Caleb Smith served suspensions in 2021 and three were disciplined this season: the Mets’ Max Scherzer, the Yankees’ Domingo Germán on May 17 and the Mets’ Drew Smith on June 14.

Source: https://triblive.com/sports/mlb-experimenting-with-pearl-white-baseballs-to-rid-sticky-stuff-problem/

The league does not want pitchers — such as the Mets’ Max Scherzer, who has been testing the pitch clock’s limits — to quick-pitch when they see that a hitter has let down his guard.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/03/14/yankees-thin-at-catcher-after-jose-trevino-wrist-injury/

The Mets, who swept a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics over the weekend and trail Atlanta by two games in the National League East, expect former Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer to be available for Wednesday afternoon’s series finale.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2023-04-17/dodgers-new-york-mets-tv-watch-start-times-odds

The Padres’ right-handed pitcher called out a former foe in MLB Network’s Brian Kenny on Thursday regarding the recent foreign substance checks that have plagued various pitchers, including the Mets and Max Scherzer this week.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/04/20/padres-joe-musgrove-shades-mlb-host-brian-kenny-over-substance-checks/

The series will start with right-hander Max Scherzer facing right-hander Yu Darvish.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/10/mets-face-tough-test-with-padres-west-coast-trip-ahead-this-week/