Maxwell Martin Scherzer is a famous American baseball player. He is a professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB).
He used to play in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Scherzer is a right-handed starting pitcher.
Scherzer is an eight-time MLB All-Star. He has also won three Cy Young Awards, has pitched two no-hitters, and won the World Series with the Nationals in 2019.
Due to his intensity and competitiveness during play, he is nicknamed “Mad Max” after the fictional character in the post-apocalyptic action film series “Mad Max”.
Scherzer was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks during the 2006 amateur draft. He was the 11th overall pick.
Scherzer made his MLB debut with the Diamondbacks in 2008. The next year, he was traded to the Detroit Tigers.
During his five-year tenure in Detroit, Scherzer made the American League All-Star Team two times and won the 2013 American League Cy Young Award. He was also instrumental in the Tigers winning four consecutive American League Central titles from 2011 to 2014.
Max had a younger brother named Alex. Alex was his only brother.
Alex is however deceased. He committed suicide in 2012.
Alex had a thing for sabermetrics. Sabermetrics deals with analyzing advanced baseball statistics.
It was Alex that Scherzer learned the importance of sabermetrics and he uses this as a tool to improve his game.