Free-agent starting pitcher Max Scherzer is seeking a deal worth in excess of $200 million, according to Fox Sports' Jon Morosi.
Max Scherzer reportedly wants more than $200 million
Count the Tigers among the teams not interested in giving Scherzer that kind of cash.
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Scherzer, widely viewed as the top pitcher on the open market ahead of Jon Lester, would become only the second pitcher in major league history to receive a $200 million contract if he's able to get a team to bite. Three-time NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw set the record by signing a seven-year, $215 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers last January.
The Detroit Tigers, Scherzer's former team, don't seem interested in shelling out that kind of money. A possible return to the Motor City is "not happening," a team official recently told MLB Network's Peter Gammons.
Scherzer posted a 3.15 ERA/127 ERA+ in a career-high 220⅓ innings in 2014. Since the beginning of his Cy Young-winning 2013 campaign, the 30-year-old right-hander owns a 3.02 ERA/135 ERA+ with 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
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