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Mets' Max Scherzer signing is worth the huge risk
2023 MLB trade deadline: Mets deal Max Scherzer to Rangers after RHP questions future with team
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Max Scherzer set for New York Mets in MLB record $43m-a-year contract, New York Mets
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Dodgers Offer to Max Scherzer Revealed, Exploring Options to Replace Mad Max
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Mets, Max Scherzer Agree To Record-Setting Three-Year Deal - MLB Trade Rumors
Mets, Max Scherzer agree to historic three-year, $130 million contract, source says - Newsday
Bochy encouraged by Scherzer session, not saying yet if 3-time Cy Young winner will pitch in ALCS - NBC Sports
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Rangers admit deGrom is a 'risk' as injury-prone ace agrees $185m, five-year deal, MLB
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LEADING OFF: Mets aces Scherzer, deGrom pitch far apart
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Mets sign Justin Verlander to two-year deal reportedly worth $86 million days after losing Jacob deGrom