With the Toronto Blue Jays up 3-2 over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series, the club aims to earn one more victory to declare themselves the champions. Leading up to the Game 6 contest that takes place on Friday, veteran pitcher Max Scherzer shared some words of wisdom that every pitcher will want to hear.
While fielding questions from media members, the 41-year-old starting pitcher was asked what he has learned over the years playing professional baseball. The Blue Jays star admitted that doing things that lose games has given him all the experience he's needed to learn and grow as a starting pitcher.
“It's really all the times you've given up homers or when you've lost ball games,” said Scherzer about the experience he's gained over the years. “Like, what are the things that lose ball games? You just understand how you get beat, and then you try not to do that. You understand how certain hitters approach you.
“And when they approach you like that, what you need to do, like, ‘Hey, I got beat on a fastball, I know this situation.' Well, not gonna throw a fastball in that situation anymore,” Max Scherzer continued. “So, you just learn on whatever the situation is, wherever the kind of moment it is, and when you find that situation in the future, you kind of have the experience to know ‘Hey, I can't do that in this time. I need to go back to what my strength is.'”
Max Scherzer on learning from experience and leaning on strengths as a pitcher:
“Like, what are the things that lose ballgames? You just understand how you get beat…” pic.twitter.com/E5AXnGUuwS
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Max Scherzer is in the 18th year of his MLB career, and the first with the Blue Jays. The three-time Cy Young Award winner has been a nice addition to Toronto's starting rotation this postseason. Through the two games he has started, Scherzer owns a 4.50 ERA while recording eight strikeouts in 10.0 innings pitched.
