Texas Rangers ace Max Scherzer insists the New York Mets had no obvious clubhouse issues forward of the Amazins’ hearth sale.
“We actually had a great clubhouse,” Scherzer mentioned earlier than Monday’s sport between the 2 golf equipment at Citi Field, per Christian Arnold of the New York Post. “We had great veterans in our clubhouse, everybody included. That’s definitely not the reason why we lost. We were a tight-knit group. Had a lot of fun together.”
After the Mets landed prospects for each Scherzer and fellow starter Justin Verlander, Mike Puma of the New York Post reported that the 2 “had a strained relationship as (Detroit Tigers) teammates (from 2010-14), and a source said even as the pitchers worked toward harmony with the Mets, there was occasional discord.”
Puma added that one Met mentioned Verlander was a “diva” who prompted Scherzer “to grouse about his fellow three-time Cy Young Award winner.”
Verlander later mentioned in a publish shared on X, previously often known as Twitter, that he had “nothing but respect for the Mets organization.” On Monday, Scherzer defined that he and Verlander are at the moment “much better off than we’ve ever been.”
Scherzer signed a three-year, $130M cope with the Mets shortly after the 2021 season however waived his no-trade clause to affix the Rangers forward of this 12 months’s commerce deadline after New York common supervisor Billy Eppler allegedly advised the 39-year-old the membership was now 2024 as “a kind of transitory year.” On Monday, Scherzer mentioned he “loved” being with the Mets and taking part in for supervisor Buck Showalter.
“I loved all the guys that were in the clubhouse,” Scherzer continued. “Really felt like we had a great group to be able to win, but unfortunately, we just didn’t get those type of results and that’s what’s frustrating.”
The Mets reportedly had “a major problem” within the clubhouse all through the spring and summer season and should or might not have shopped All-Star slugger Pete Alonso forward of the commerce deadline. MLB insider Jon Heyman of the New York Post wrote earlier this month that he “didn’t want to admit it, but something (was) severely wrong” inside the 2023 Mets.
Scherzer seemingly disagrees with Heyman’s take.
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