Max Scherzer emerged as a dominant member of the Detroit Tigers’ rotation a couple of years ago, but he was working in the shadow of the great Justin Verlander. This MLB betting season, though, while Verlander still tries to find his way, Scherzer is sawing off bats every fifth day out in the National League.
A Inside Look at Max Scherzer’s MLB Odds to Receive the NL Cy Young Award
In 2014, Scherzer was still in Detroit, and playing out the last year of his contract. His dominant performance showed the Tigers that Scherzer deserved a huge contract. Unfortunately, Detroit had too much money tied up for other players, and they couldn’t give him an offer competitive with what the Nationals offered, and then Scherzer was off to the nation’s capital. The investment has paid off big-time for Washington thus far in 2015. While Zack Greinke’s ERA might be a little lower right now, what Scherzer is doing is unbelievable, and he has a track record of putting together solid entire seasons, while Greinke still has a ways to go to show us that durability. So here are five reasons why Scherzer has already won the award.
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