After tossing not one but TWO no-hitters in a
spectacular 2015 campaign for the Washington Nationals, it was tough to imagine
that Max Scherzer could top such a dominant season. Well Scherzer unveiled some new tricks in
2016 as he reached a new high with his already insane K/9 rate (11.19) and that
led to another new career-best in strikeouts with 284. As the topper, Scherzer claimed his second Cy Young Award. While Scherzer has been widely considered the
number 2 starting pitcher in fantasy baseball behind Clayton Kershaw for a few
years now, the argument can be made that he passed his Los Angeles Dodgers
counterpart based on possessing much better durability. While Kershaw missed half of last season with
a herniated disk in his back, Scherzer pitched over 200 innings for the fourth
year in a row. So far all of those
innings have not hurt Scherzer but he did see a spike in his HR/9 (1.22) that
was more of an issue the first half of the year. On the plus side, Scherzer has maintained
terrific control with all of those strikeouts and his win total will remain
very impressive considering he pitches for one of the best teams in
baseball. There is simply nothing to say
here that is remotely negative regarding Scherzer’s makeup and he is as safe an
early round investment as one can make at this volatile position.
2017 PROJECTION:
20-4 2.75 ERA 0.99 WHIP 272 K 
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