Max Scherzer

Texas Rangers

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Max Scherzer has thrown 48,553 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (92mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph), Curve (74mph), Change (83mph) and Cutter (87mph).


In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action and has essentially average velo. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 10 of them in 2024) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 7 of them in 2024) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, has below average velo, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves, has a sharp downward bite and has slight glove-side movement. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 4 of them in 2024) dives down out of the zone and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 3 of them in 2024) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, has some natural sink and has strong cutting action.