Overview
- Talks have intensified over the past week, according to Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith, with no agreement finalized and other teams still involved.
- Toronto views Scherzer as a one-year addition for rotation depth after signing Dylan Cease and losing Chris Bassitt in free agency to Baltimore.
- Injuries have thinned the staff, including setbacks for Shane Bieber, Bowden Francis and Yimi García, increasing the need for experienced innings.
- Scherzer, 41, posted a 5.19 ERA across 17 regular-season starts for the Blue Jays in 2025 but remained effective in October.
- He logged a 3.77 ERA over 14⅓ postseason innings last year, including 4⅓ frames in World Series Game 7, and previously told The Athletic he would wait for the right fit.