Max Scherzer is back where his MLB career started for Game 3 of the 2023 World Series.The 39-year-old right-hander will take the mound for the Texas Rangers on Monday night in the same venue where he once made his big league debut. Just in a different uniform. Scherzer was drafted in the first round by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2006 and saw his first MLB action with the club at Phoenix's Chase Field two years later.
Scherzer posted a 9.45 ERA in that series and never went deeper than four innings.Scherzer said his fastball is 100 percent back, and the Rangers are anticipating the rust will continue to fall off.'It's just getting better and better with him, which is the norm—the command of all his pitches, arm strength,' Manager Bruce Bochy said. 'I did go out and get him early, but he's been getting his work in. Took a good bullpen a couple of days ago.