“It’s weird to say that,” Scherzer said with another laugh. ![]() “I can still have positive thoughts about D.C. “Looking at my Dodgers opportunities as a positive doesn’t mean that it’s a negative in D.C.,” Scherzer said. In exchange for Scherzer and star shortstop Trea Turner, the Nationals received four prospects - pitchers Josiah Gray and Gerardo Carrillo, catcher Keibert Ruiz and outfielder Donovan Casey. The Nationals’ gradual decline in July - they actually entered the month 40-38 and two games out of first place before going 7-17 prior to the trade deadline - gave Scherzer time to prepare for an outcome that served as satisfactory for all involved. 500 since their World Series win - might need to trade veterans in order to begin rebuilding. Scherzer said Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo, who was the Diamondbacks’ scouting director when Scherzer was drafted by Arizona in 2006, told him in mid-June the Nationals - who have spent four days over. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Getty Images defeated the Houston Astros 6-2 in Game Seven to win the 2019 World Series in Game Seven of the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park on Octoin Houston, Texas. HOUSTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 30: Max Scherzer #31 of the Washington Nationals celebrates after the team. So it’s impossible for me to have a negative (feeling for) the Washington Nationals.” My highest career achievement is to win the World Series. “To actually be a part of the team that won the World Series, that absolutely means the most to me. And to accomplish that goal, which is just so incredibly difficult to do, and (given) the number of good teams we had over the years plus the teams that were there before me. “That’s what we play the game for, is to win the World Series. ![]() “The thing I can say is we won a World Series there,” Scherzer said. “Can’t even say…” Scherzer said before pausing for 14 seconds. Two weeks later, he gazed downward, sweat dripping off him after a series of foul pole to foul pole laps followed by shorter sprints in the Citi Field outfield, and tried to explain the range of emotions involved with beginning a new chapter while the ink has yet to dry on the old one. ![]() Scherzer, on the other hand, pitched for the Nationals on July 29, the day before he was dealt to the Dodgers. Ramirez was also traded to the Dodgers in the final season of his $160 million contract, though that blockbuster deal was fueled by Ramirez going scorched earth on the Red Sox. The only other $100 million free agent with more than 30.0 WAR is Manny Ramirez, who won a pair of World Series, finished in the top 10 in the AL MVP balloting five times and racked up 33.2 WAR for the Red Sox from 2001-08. Per, Scherzer’s WAR with the Nationals was 40.3, also the highest of free agent who inked a nine-figure deal. Among players who signed a free agent deal worth at least $100 million, Scherzer - who is in the final season of a seven-year deal worth $210 million - is the only one to win an individual award (he earned back-to-back Cy Young Awards in 2016-17) and one of just eight to win at least one World Series. ![]() In other words, as accomplished as Johnson was prior to landing in Houston, he wasn’t yet the Randy Johnson who’d become the Diamondbacks’ first Hall of Fame representative after cruising into Cooperstown on the first ballot in 2015.Īt some point within the next 15 years, Scherzer is likely to become the first player to wear a Nationals hat on his Hall of Fame plaque. Johnson subsequently collected 173 wins and 2,662 strikeouts - including 118 wins and 2,077 strikeouts plus four Cy Young Awards over two stints with the Diamondbacks, the first of which began as a big-ticket free agent signing following the 1998 season and the second of which ended with Johnson and Scherzer as teammates in 2008.
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