Jays loose out on another stud pitcher

Well its official Max Scherzer is officially off the market. And this marks another year where the Toronto Blue Jays have missed out on another stud pitcher. This morning he signed a 7 year 210 million dollar deal with the Washington Nationals.

Now as a Blue Jay fan this really irritates me, but did we dodge a bullet? Let’s look at the facts. He is a 30 year old fastball pitcher, He is a former CY Young winning pitcher, He has posted 4 straight seasons of .600 + winning percentages. All of these stats should sure enough have fans foaming at the mouth for him. And they absolutely should he is a beast.

However if we look at it from this standpoint it might help fans rest a little easier. Max Scherzer will be making 15.7 million a year over the next 14 years, because they did a deferred contract. So even though he is only committed to the team for 7 years. That contract will count against the cap for the next 14. Now as a Jays fan that is a lot to commit to an arm that may or may not have 5 years left on it. People have to remember fastball pitchers tend to go downhill in the north part of their 30s. Look at all time pitching great Randy Johnson his career started to dwindle down around 34. Max will still have 3 years left being paid as a number one guy and not putting up these numbers.

Hopefully next year they can spend their money wisely and grab a decent not outrageously priced ace pitcher to round out are pitching staff. But hey at least we aren’t stuck for 210 million for one guy.

-Ace