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Max Scherzer

Blue Jays
Number #31
Position SP
Bats R
Throws R
Age 42
Height 6' 3"
Weight 208 lbs
Birth Place St. Louis, MO
Born Jul 27, 1984

Key Insights

2026
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Jake Lamb has hit .545/.667/1.545 against Scherzer over 15 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

6 for 11 with 3 home runs and 3 strikeouts, against a .616 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Scherzer has struck Kirk Nieuwenhuis out 8 times in 11 plate appearances, 72.7% of everything between them.

8 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Will Venable squares Scherzer up like nobody else: 106.2 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 88.3 across the hitters he has faced.

10 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Scherzer throws than Ryan Howard: 83.3% of the swings between them come up empty.

24 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 31 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Scherzer has faced J.T. Realmuto more than any other hitter: 70 plate appearances, and J.T. Realmuto has hit .108/.157/.215 in them.

7 hits, 2 home runs and 21 strikeouts across 70 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Ryan Braun is 0 for 16 against Scherzer, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

16 career plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 27, 1984
Birth Place St. Louis, MO
Height 6' 3"
Weight 208 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R
College/Draft Missouri