{"id":26281,"date":"2026-03-03T06:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=26281"},"modified":"2026-03-03T06:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:32:14","slug":"max-scherzer-signs-deal-to-return-to-toronto-blue-jays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=26281","title":{"rendered":"Max Scherzer signs deal to return to Toronto Blue Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\">\n<div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong class=\"published\"><span id=\"publishDate\" class=\"value-title\" title=\"2026-03-02\"\/>Monday, March 2, 2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"Z3988\" style=\"display:none\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rfr_id=rfr_id=info:sid\/en.wikinews.org:User%3ADendodge&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/en.wikinews.org:Max_Scherzer_signs_deal_to_return_to_Toronto_Blue_Jays&amp;rft.atitle=Max+Scherzer+signs+deal+to+return+to+Toronto+Blue+Jays&amp;rft.jtitle=Wikinews&amp;rft.date=2026-03-02&amp;rft.aucorp=Wikinews+contributors&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.rights=CC-BY+2.5&amp;rft.identifier=%2F%2Fen.wikinews.org%2Fwiki%2FMax_Scherzer_signs_deal_to_return_to_Toronto_Blue_Jays&amp;rft.artnum=-\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"infobox noprint desktop-only\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right; width: 200px; background: #edf7ff; border: solid #666666 1px; padding: 0px; font-size: x-small; clear:right;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<figure class=\"mw-halign-center\" typeof=\"mw:File\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/File:Sports_icon.png\" class=\"mw-file-description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/95\/Sports_icon.png\/250px-Sports_icon.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"113\" class=\"mw-file-element\" data-file-width=\"251\" data-file-height=\"226\"\/><\/a><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Related articles<\/p>\n<p>Collaborate!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/Major_League_Baseball\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Major League Baseball\">Major League Baseball<\/a> pitcher Max Scherzer signed a full contract with the <span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toronto_Blue_Jays\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Toronto Blue Jays\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a><\/span>, with the team confirming the agreement on February 26, 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>The agreement, according to <i>USA Today&#8217;<\/i>s <span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_Nightengale\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Bob Nightengale\">Bob Nightengale<\/a><\/span>, will be a salary of US$3 million with incentives up to US$10 million.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Scherzer\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Max Scherzer\">Scherzer<\/a><\/span> had 5 wins and 5 losses and an <span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/earned_run_average\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:earned run average\">earned run average<\/a><\/span> of 5.19 for 17 starts and 85 innings played last year for the Blue Jays. Scherzer is an eight-time All-star pitcher.\n<\/p>\n<p>His eight-year-old daughter Brooke wrote a letter on December 15 to the Blue Jays hoping they would accept him back. Scherzer had played for the Blue Jays in 2025 on a one-year contract.\n<\/p>\n<p>Scherzer&#8217;s wife, Erica May-Scherzer, posted the letter from Brooke on Instagram.\n<\/p>\n<p><h2 id=\"Sources\">Sources<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"sourceTemplate\">The Associated Press. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/scherzer-max-brooke-daughters-letter-e4abc7d36711acfb88b49baba722d2f0\">Max Scherzer\u2019s 8-year-old daughter sent handwritten note to Blue Jays hoping for Toronto return<\/a> \u2014\u00a0<i><span class=\"interwiki-link-local\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/AP_News\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"AP News\">AP News<\/a><\/span><\/i>, February 27, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"sourceTemplate\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newstribune.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/27\/scherzers-8-year-old-daughter-wrote-handwritten-note-to-blue-jays-hoping-for-toronto-return\/\">Scherzer\u2019s 8-year-old daughter wrote handwritten note to Blue Jays hoping for Toronto return<\/a> \u2014\u00a0<i><span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/News_Tribune,_AP\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:News Tribune, AP\">News Tribune, AP<\/a><\/span><\/i>, February 27, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"sourceTemplate\">Jayesh Pagar. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/bluejays\/onsi\/news\/blue-jays-reveal-terms-max-scherzer-contract\">Blue Jays Officially Reveal Terms of Max Scherzer&#8217;s Incentive-Based Contract<\/a> \u2014\u00a0<i><span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sports_Illustrated\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Sports Illustrated\">Sports Illustrated<\/a><\/span><\/i>, February 26, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"sourceTemplate\">Keegan Matheson. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/twins\/news\/max-scherzer-blue-jays-2026-contract\">Scherzer reaches agreement on deal to return to Blue Jays<\/a> \u2014\u00a0<i><span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/mlb.com\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:mlb.com\">mlb.com<\/a><\/span><\/i>, February 26, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"sourceTemplate\">The Canadian Press. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports\/baseball\/mlb\/max-scherzer-blue-jays-new-contract-9.7106535\">Veteran pitcher Max Scherzer confirms he is returning to the Blue Jays<\/a> \u2014\u00a0<i><span class=\"interwiki-link-local\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/CBC.ca\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"CBC.ca\">CBC.ca<\/a><\/span><\/i>, February 25, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nParsed by mw&#8208;web.codfw.main&#8208;bd865d995&#8208;fwj5f\nCached time: 20260303023615\nCache expiry: 604800\nReduced expiry: true\nComplications: [vary&#8208;revision&#8208;sha1, prevent&#8208;selective&#8208;update]\nCPU time usage: 0.246 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.345 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 1833\/1000000\nRevision size: 3189\/2097152 bytes\nPost&#8208;expand include size: 62601\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 21229\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 23\/100\nExpensive parser function count: 11\/500\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0\/20\nUnstrip post&#8208;expand size: 4394\/5000000 bytes\nLua time usage: 0.091\/10.000 seconds\nLua memory usage: 1683191\/52428800 bytes\nNumber of Wikibase entities loaded: 0\/500\n--><br \/>\n<!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00%  294.772      1 -total\n 62.66%  184.708     16 Template:Evalx\n 52.52%  154.827      1 Template:Sports\n 51.57%  152.017      2 Template:Infobox\n 50.62%  149.219      1 Template:Infobox\/p1\n 49.69%  146.473      1 Template:Infobox\/p2\n 41.30%  121.740     14 Template:Infobox\/lookup\n 19.06%   56.172      1 Template:Haveyoursay\n 18.05%   53.213      1 Template:Haveyoursay\/missing\n 17.75%   52.327      1 Template:InfoboxStart\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwikinews:stable-pcache:3079816:|#|:idhash:canonical and timestamp 20260303023615 and revision id 4992444. 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