Max Scherzer Hits the IL Again, as Injuries Hamper Cy Young Season

Max Scherzer will miss at least two more starts to avoid injury. He has been injured earlier in the season. The Mets are in a great division race with the Atlanta Braves. They are going to be a playoff team even if they don't win the NL East. Jacob deGrom and Scherzler are pitching in their mid-to-late 30s. Scher zipped through his first 20 starts in Queens. He is still in Cy Young contention. His numbers rival any of the top candidates.

Max Scherzer is pitching to a 2.26 ERA with 153 strikeouts in 127 2/3 innings pitched for the Mets. He has 14 quality starts this season and has pitched into the seventh inning 12 times. Since the 2021 season, Max Scherzers has a. 2,37 ERA. That is the best mark in baseball among pitchers who have pitched at least 200 innings. The ERA+ of Max is 72% better than league average.

Max Scherzer has been a top-10 starter in the National League this season. He has two years left on his three-year, $130 million contract. His only problem is injury. Scherzers missed around six or seven turns in May with an oblique injury and he's set to miss two more turns with the same injury now. If the Mets don't get a healthy Scherzler down the stretch, it would hurt their chances of making a deep run in October. The Mets are putting Scher zerst on the IL now, hoping that will result in a string of full health to close the season for Scher Zerosters.