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There already is speculation that the Detroit Tigers could wind up trading Max Scherzer, the native St. Louisan who is expected to win the AL Cy Young award, this winter.
Scherzer has one year left on his contract before becoming a free agent, but Scott Boras is his agent and Boras isn’t known for having his players sign early and not test the market.
Asked if he thought he had pitched his last game for the Tigers, on Saturday in the team’s season-ending 5-2 loss to Boston, Scherzer said: “That stuff works itself out. There’s really nothing for me to say about it. ”
Scherzer could be a candidate for a long-term contract, but it’s not clear how much Detroit can afford to keep increasing its payroll. One way or another, the star righthander can expect a significant pay raise in 2014.
The Red Sox won the best-of-seven American League championship series four games to two and right now Scherzer just wishes the Tigers “played better as a team.
“In the end, we fought so hard to get to this position, ” he said. “And we came up short. The Boston Red Sox, they beat us. That’s the way it comes down. That’s the way you should write it. They were the better team for this series. ”
In his Game 6 start, Scherzer had eight strikeouts and five walks—too many, he admitted.
“I was making mistakes by walking guys and giving them free passes, ” he said. “Even though I was able to find my way out of some of those jams, you put yourself in enough of those situations, you’re going to get beat. I did. In the big inning (a four-run seventh) I let two guys get on, and I need to do better in those situations.
In a scene emblamatic of Detroit’s postseason downfall, Scherzer could only watch. In fact, there was little any of the Tigers’ starting pitchers could have done differently to prevent another disappointing ending to a fine year.
“Normally if you pitch the way we pitched in this series, you would probably think that you had won, ” manager Jim Leyland said.
The Tigers lost the series because the few weaknesses they had all seemed to hurt them at the worst possible time. Whether it was an unreliable bullpen, poor baserunning or shaky fielding, the Red Sox took advantage of every Detroit flaw.
Now the Tigers must look ahead to 2014, with a core of players that has done everything Detroit could ask for — except win a world Series for the Motor City for the first time since 1984.
The big question other than what will happen to Scherzer is whether Leyland will be back. He’s been working on one-year contracts the last couple of seasons and although he’s given no indication he plans to leave, nothing is official.
The Tigers have won three straight AL Central titles and reached the ALCS each of those years. The 2012 season ended when Detroit was swept in the world Series by San francisco, and this year’s team nearly won the pennant again on the strength of a stellar starting rotation.
Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Anibal Sanchez and Doug Fister combined for a 2. 39 ERA as starters in the postseason, but the Tigers weren’t able to take advantage. After beating Oakland in a five-game division series, Detroit blanked Boston 1-0 in Game 1 of the ALCS and had a 5-0 lead in Game 2 — but David Ortiz’s series-turning grand slam off closer Joaquin Benoit helped the Red Sox rally to win that game.
In Game 3, Justin Verlander allowed his only run of the postseason, and that was enough for a 1-0 win by Boston. Detroit’s once-powerful offense became increasingly limited because of injuries to Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder’s inability to hit for power.
A grand slam by Shane Victorino — again off a Detroit reliever after Scherzer had been pulled — enabled the Red Sox to end the series with a win in Game 6.
“The difference really, when you look at the series, is they hit a couple of big bombs and we just didn’t quite do that, ” Leyland said. “They hit a couple of timely, two or three really timely home runs. ”
Of course, the Tigers hurt themselves in other ways. They derailed rallies with poor baserunning and made costly mistakes in the field.
Shortstop Jose Iglesias, perhaps the best Detroit fielder, was unable to come up with a grounder in Game 6, immediately before Victorino’s grand slam.
The Tigers never were expecting to win the world Series because of their speed and defense, but it was jarring to see their deficiencies in those areas come back to haunt them so starkly.
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There already is speculation that the Detroit Tigers could wind up trading Max Scherzer, the native St. Louisan who is expected to win the AL Cy Young award, this winter.
Scherzer has one year left on his contract before becoming a free agent, but Scott Boras is his agent and Boras isn’t known for having his players sign early and not test the market.
Asked if he thought he had pitched his last game for the Tigers, on Saturday in the team’s season-ending 5-2 loss to Boston, Scherzer said: “That stuff works itself out. There’s really nothing for me to say about it. ”
Scherzer could be a candidate for a long-term contract, but it’s not clear how much Detroit can afford to keep increasing its payroll. One way or another, the star righthander can expect a significant pay raise in 2014.
The Red Sox won the best-of-seven American League championship series four games to two and right now Scherzer just wishes the Tigers “played better as a team.
“In the end, we fought so hard to get to this position, ” he said. “And we came up short. The Boston Red Sox, they beat us. That’s the way it comes down. That’s the way you should write it. They were the better team for this series. ”
In his Game 6 start, Scherzer had eight strikeouts and five walks—too many, he admitted.
“I was making mistakes by walking guys and giving them free passes, ” he said. “Even though I was able to find my way out of some of those jams, you put yourself in enough of those situations, you’re going to get beat. I did. In the big inning (a four-run seventh) I let two guys get on, and I need to do better in those situations.
In a scene emblamatic of Detroit’s postseason downfall, Scherzer could only watch. In fact, there was little any of the Tigers’ starting pitchers could have done differently to prevent another disappointing ending to a fine year.
“Normally if you pitch the way we pitched in this series, you would probably think that you had won, ” manager Jim Leyland said.
The Tigers lost the series because the few weaknesses they had all seemed to hurt them at the worst possible time. Whether it was an unreliable bullpen, poor baserunning or shaky fielding, the Red Sox took advantage of every Detroit flaw.
Now the Tigers must look ahead to 2014, with a core of players that has done everything Detroit could ask for — except win a world Series for the Motor City for the first time since 1984.
The big question other than what will happen to Scherzer is whether Leyland will be back. He’s been working on one-year contracts the last couple of seasons and although he’s given no indication he plans to leave, nothing is official.
The Tigers have won three straight AL Central titles and reached the ALCS each of those years. The 2012 season ended when Detroit was swept in the world Series by San francisco, and this year’s team nearly won the pennant again on the strength of a stellar starting rotation.
Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Anibal Sanchez and Doug Fister combined for a 2. 39 ERA as starters in the postseason, but the Tigers weren’t able to take advantage. After beating Oakland in a five-game division series, Detroit blanked Boston 1-0 in Game 1 of the ALCS and had a 5-0 lead in Game 2 — but David Ortiz’s series-turning grand slam off closer Joaquin Benoit helped the Red Sox rally to win that game.
In Game 3, Justin Verlander allowed his only run of the postseason, and that was enough for a 1-0 win by Boston. Detroit’s once-powerful offense became increasingly limited because of injuries to Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder’s inability to hit for power.
A grand slam by Shane Victorino — again off a Detroit reliever after Scherzer had been pulled — enabled the Red Sox to end the series with a win in Game 6.
“The difference really, when you look at the series, is they hit a couple of big bombs and we just didn’t quite do that, ” Leyland said. “They hit a couple of timely, two or three really timely home runs. ”
Of course, the Tigers hurt themselves in other ways. They derailed rallies with poor baserunning and made costly mistakes in the field.
Shortstop Jose Iglesias, perhaps the best Detroit fielder, was unable to come up with a grounder in Game 6, immediately before Victorino’s grand slam.
The Tigers never were expecting to win the world Series because of their speed and defense, but it was jarring to see their deficiencies in those areas come back to haunt them so starkly.
*******
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