Newly-signed New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer spent half of a season with the Los Angeles Dodgers after arriving there via trade at the deadline. Seen as a great fit at the time of the trade, it turns out that things weren't actually so rosy between Scherzer and the Dodgers. In fact, Scherzer blames the Dodgers for his bad postseason experience.
Scherzer said the Dodgers limiting his pitch count and trying to keep him fresh for the postseason lowered his work capacity and he thinks led to his dead arm. Said in DC he was relied on and pushed to consistently go 110 pitches every five days so more built up for ‘19 WS run
— Britt Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) December 1, 2021
At first, it sounds like a ridiculous statement by Max Scherzer. But it actually makes a lot of sense. Scherzer was used to heavy workloads while going out there and routinely hurling 100-plus pitches for the Washington Nationals. The ace righty is claiming that wasn't the case with the Dodgers.
Perhaps this “dead arm” was the culprit behind Scherzer's late-season Dodgers' duds against the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies, when the stud pitcher inexplicably struggled after looking so dominant in his previous performances.
Another wrinkle to this Scherzer claim is that this isn't the first time that the Dodgers have been criticized for their pitching decisions, or their usage of pitchers. Perhaps Scherzer has a point.
And maybe that's why Scherzer chose the Mets over say, going back to Los Angeles. Maybe it wasn't all about money, even though everyone knows it was mostly about money.
One thing is for sure, the Mets better make sure to manager Max Scherzer the right way so they don't end up like the Dodgers.
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