Scherzer gets $3.75 million from Tigers: CBSSports.com baseball insider Jon Heyman reports Tigers SP Max Scherzer avoided arbitration on Tuesday by agreeing to a one-year, $3.75 million contract. (Updated 01/17/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 2/12/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Scherzer won a career-high 15 games in 2011 for Detroit, while pitching at least 195 innings for a second straight season. Scherzer is still not unhittable as his 4.43 ERA and 1.35 WHIP from 2011 can attest, but Scherzer is proving to be a reliable arm and could be close to putting it all together. Consider Scherzer a top 50 Fantasy SP on Draft Day, worth a mid-round selection. (Updated 01/17/2012).
02/10/2012 13:27 2012 Draft Prep: 12-team, mixed H2H draft
Which picks stood out in our initial 12-team Head-to-Head mock draft for 2012? Check out the results and read what Scott White has to say about some of the more interesting selections.
02/09/2012 01:58 2012 Fantasy outlooks: Detroit Tigers
Detroit has lofty expectations heading into the new season, and Fantasy owners are feeling pretty good about the options in the Motor City. Our Al Melchior takes a look at a team and who to target in his Fantasy team outlook.
02/02/2012 12:21 2012 Draft Prep: Our 12-team, mixed Rotisserie draft
It's time for owners to start looking ahead to Draft Day. We get you off and running with our 12-team Rotisserie mock draft. Check out the results!
02/01/2012 13:21 By the Numbers: Pitchers with a new look
Why should owners have even higher hopes for Cole Hamels in 2012? Could Homer Bailey finally be able to deliver on his potential? Our Al Melchior profiles four pitchers to remember of Draft Day.
01/30/2012 12:03 2012 Draft Prep: Rotisserie strategies
If Rotisserie success is based solely on numbers, why not focus on the stats that matter instead of the names in the draft room? Scott White helps you capitalize on the subtleties of drafting for Roto formats.
For all of his talent, Max Scherzer put together one head-scratcher of a season in 2011. Yeah, he won a career-high 15 games, but his performance was nothing short of disappointing otherwise. After an unexpected trip to the minors in 2010 appeared to have straightened him out, causing him to post a 2.46 ERA with more than a strikeout per inning over his final 23 starts, he was inconsistent from start to finish in 2011, posting a career-worst 4.43 ERA overall. So did his control problems of the past come back to bite him again? No, he issued a career-low 2.6 walks per nine innings. Was he battling some unreported injury? Not if his fastball velocity has anything to say about it. What about bad luck? It's the BABIP, right? Well, his .314 mark was a career worst, but he's usually in the .300 range. By seemingly every indication, Scherzer was the same pitcher as always last year, which means his mediocre numbers are probably something he can correct. He still has excellent strikeout potential and a solid supporting cast, so you wouldn't want to let him slip beyond the top 50 starting pitchers on Draft Day. (Updated 1/5/12)
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