Max Scherzer signs deal to return to Toronto Blue Jays
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Major League Baseball pitcher Max Scherzer signed a full contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, with the team confirming the agreement on February 26, 2026. The agreement, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, will be a salary of US$3 million with incentives up to US$10 million. Scherzer had five wins and five losses and an earned run average of 5.19 for seventeen starts and 85 innings played last year for the Blue Jays. Scherzer is an eight-time All-star pitcher. His eight-year-old daughter Brooke wrote a letter on December 15 to the Blu
Major League Baseball pitcher Max Scherzer signed a full contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, with the team confirming the agreement on February 26, 2026.
The agreement, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, will be a salary of US$3 million with incentives up to US$10 million.
Scherzer had five wins and five losses and an earned run average of 5.19 for seventeen starts and 85 innings played last year for the Blue Jays. Scherzer is an eight-time All-star pitcher.
His eight-year-old daughter Brooke wrote a letter on December 15 to the Blue Jays hoping they would accept him back. Scherzer had played for the Blue Jays in 2025 on a one-year contract.
Scherzer's wife, Erica May-Scherzer, posted the letter from Brooke on Instagram.
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