{"id":9836,"date":"2015-01-01T11:34:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T16:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=9836"},"modified":"2015-01-01T11:34:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T16:34:29","slug":"tigers-not-ruling-out-max-scherzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2015\/01\/01\/tigers-not-ruling-out-max-scherzer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers not ruling out Max Scherzer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_4517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4517\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/08\/maxscherzer.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"407\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4517\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/08\/maxscherzer.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/08\/maxscherzer-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAfter it is all said and done could free agent pitcher Max Scherzer return to the Tigers?<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers have denied having any talks with Scherzer yet reports of a return have not gone away. In the way of a reunion is the amount of money the Tigers have spent on other prized pieces of their roster in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In a story that will not go away MLB&#8217;s Jason Beck <a href=\"http:\/\/m.tigers.mlb.com\/news\/article\/104788276\/tigers-look-to-keep-window-of-contention-open\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> that sources indicate that the Tigers will be given a chance to match any deal for Scherzer, after all owner Mike Ilitch tends to reward players who produce wins for the team.<\/p>\n<p>Over 33 starts last season Scherzer finished 18-5 with a 3.15 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP.<\/p>\n<p>Teams believed to be in the bidding for Scherzer include the Yankees, Red Sox, Giants, Dodgers, Blue Jays, Cubs, Cardinals, and Angels. He is expected to command a contract over $200 million which could be why there have been no reports of hot and heavy talks for weeks. <\/p>\n<p>As this one drags on you have to wonder if the Tigers could wait this one out and retain Scherzer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After it is all said and done could free agent pitcher Max Scherzer return to the Tigers? The Tigers have denied having any talks with Scherzer yet reports of a return have not gone away. In the way of a reunion is the amount of money the Tigers have spent on other prized pieces of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[66,375,501],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-9836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-detroit-tigers","9":"tag-max-scherzer","10":"tag-mlb"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9837,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836\/revisions\/9837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9836"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}