When The Dodgers Stole Max Scherzer From The Padres

[@danegarcia457]

Last time I came this early she left me

[@generalkenobi8848]

Bro nah man’s really said that on a baseball video 💀💀

[@migueljaquez501]

relatable

[@glocklife17]

😂😂😂 we've all been there

[@bmac4]

Broooo

[@youbetterfearthedear]

That’s crazy

[@NuggyRC]

"Unsurprisingly the Dodgers were the only National league team to have a higher win percentage" just out here acting like the Met's don't exist LOL

[@doocies]

Have you seen the Mets record and place in the standings? They hardly exist

[@NuggyRC]

Considering the video isn't about something happening today you've just shown that you aren't capable of thinking critically and have nothing to provide to the conversation.

[@bmac4]

I dont really think of the Nationals as a team that came and went quickly. That team had been competing from 2012 all the way to 2019, and they weren't getting any younger. The pitching staff average age went from under 27 to nearly 31 in that span. The 2019 team just happened to get it done in perhaps the last year they really had a good chance to in that window. They peaked at the tail end of a window. There's no shame in that, even if it sucks to dismantle so soon.

[@Double_You1]

Completely agree, in fact they were arguably a powerhouse having 95+ win seasons consistently in the stretch before winning it all as a massive underdog in 2019. But that core was phenomenal for a while

[@victor9101]

The 2019 team did something none of the others could achieve. Refusing to go quietly into the night.

[@SportStorm23]

Yeah I completely agree. I probably should’ve spent a minute talking about that

[@edalder2000]

I blame The longtime "curse of DC sports." I am also a 35 year Capitals fan and their playoff misery was legendary. Part of me swore that Ovechkin would retire without a Stanley Cup Then 2018 happened. The Nats? Seemed to be the same fam. Then 2019 happened. I will always adore Howie Kendrick and he'll never have to buy anything in DC ever again.

[@ceave]

Rooting for the Padres is like dating a married man, I can't promise you a ring today but just wait for the future, I'm gonna make some moves and it'll all work out, you'll see. Years go by, history repeats itself and you get no ring.

[@Am31719]

Mets fan here. Think we can agree on that. Almost 40 years without a dam ring. Misery misery misery.

[@alancasallas1501]

I cant believe we're already getting history lessons about 2021.

[@edalder2000]

The Nationals were old in 2019. But two of their contracts are now anchors. Patrick Corbin signed a 6 year/$140 million contract before the 2019 season. He was great in 2019. Since then, Corbin has been meh at best and awful at worst. The Nationals can't afford to eat Corbin's contract, so he keeps pitching. That size of the contract is the only reason that Corbin is still in MLB. Stephen Strasburg had his only really healthy season in 2019. He went 18-6 and was World Series MVP. Strasburg signed a 7 year/$245 million contract after that season. He's pitched 31 MLB innings since that time. Injuries derailed a promising career and it will be a miracle if he ever pitches again. The contract is not insured.

[@Korijenkins1414]

That Strasburg deal is putrid. It's crazy to me how some Nats fans talk about it being a "reward" for 2019. That's not how a sane team gives out deals. You don't give out a contract like that to a guy with high risk of injury just because he played well for your WS roster in a single season.

[@claytonmoore3027]

As a nats fan I was on a trip in Cali during the trade deadline and it was crushing seeing the team fall apart and knowing max and trea were coming over to Cali too

[@crimsonyt0505]

As a padre fan, I was so excited when I heard this acquisition. Suddenly, the rival dodgers just made me cry.

[@kikos102]

haha suck it

[@reno-san87]

That's the plan 😂🤣

[@paulscheidel3258]

The Mets: am I a joke to you?

[@ButterflyBlood]

Yes

[@CAL300]

today I learned the Mets aren't in the NL

[@luigiinmycloset]

this video looks so good already

[@edalder2000]

I am a Nats fan. In July, The Orioles swept The Nationals. That is when I knew that Max and more would be traded. The team was old and it was time. But damn did it hurt. When Max and Tre were traded to LA, I wrote on The Dodgers subreddit about how when Max went into Cooperstown, He would have a Nats hat. Trea Turner had been a PTBNL in a 3 team trade. Trea came from The Padres and he had been their 2014 1st round pick. But Trea could not officially be a Nat until the one year anniversary of his draft day. Soto? That was a shock. He had 2 and a half years before Free Agency. But it was a great haul of prospects. I see the logic now. Then? I was furious. Mackenzie Gore(from SD) is learning and Josiah Gray is good, (from LA)but control is his issue. Keibert Ruiz was blocked in The Dodger farm system. He signed signed an 8 year/50 million dollar deal and is the starting catcher. CJ Abrams (from SD) has been the leadoff hitter in DC the last 4-6 weeks and has been on a huge tear. 2025 could be a very exciting year for The Nationals if it all goes to plan.

[@carlpacquing2575]

I remember that O's vs. Nats series. The Orioles were so bad, but we swept the Nats, and ended any thoughts of them buying at the deadline.

[@raymondbaum5410]

I feel like the Nats will compete once Crews comes into the picture. Not sure how good the Nats pitching prospects are but the future seems solid for Washington.

[@galaxyfam6471]

I remember Keibert being the Dodgers number 1 prospect for a while, and then Will Smith came out of nowhere and stole his job. Lowkey not complaining, Will Smith is crazy.

[@SportStorm23]

Gore reminds me of Snell. Stuff is great, but command is an issue. I’m glad to see Abrams playing well, but I really want to see what James Wood can do

[@edalder2000]

@@SportStorm23 6'7" 240 and can play CF? Wow. Help is on the way. Let the kids play and develop. AJ Preller played himself.

[@ButterflyBlood]

Finally some respect on late Rizzo's name. What he's done with the franchise not only before the sell off but during has been incredible. The simple concept of time eludes nats fans who complained at the time (though Max/Trea to the evil empire specifically did really sting) and I'm ashamed to like the same team as those who somehow still do. But while people will soon all understand Rizzo's genius isn't limited to splash signings, we REALLY need to start hyping up Martinez. What he's doing with this quad A team right now is unreal. Losing him would be the biggest fuck up in franchise history, and would be looked at decades from now as such.

[@cebolla1449]

Do you really have to cause padres fans more pain given the current circumstances

[@therealjaystone2344]

Padres just copycat the Dodgers formula on how to build a very competitive team like how the big market plays. There is one missing the Padres lacked with the dodgers.

[@kennynguyen6246]

@@therealjaystone2344yeah spending money wisely on role players that get on for the stars 😅

[@successnet25]

Didn't the Dodgers lose to the Padres in the playoffs last year?@@therealjaystone2344

[@Vic-cx8zb]

You guys don’t understand how hard it was to have this rebuild happen as a Nats fan arguably the best short stop traded, a top 3 pitcher of the last 10 years, and the most promising young hitter that has already had postseason success. Everyone talks about the end of the cubs World Series roster but not the Nats

[@ButterflyBlood]

I am a nats fan: it's clear and obvious that it needed to happen. The window was *closed*, what else could we have done? Rizzo deserves all the praise in the world for getting us into the ascendant position we're in so quickly. I'm so thankful every day that we're not another Angels situation with Soto instead of Ohtani, assuming he'd even be who he was before the SD slump.

[@Vic-cx8zb]

@@ButterflyBlood ya I know it had to happen but you can’t tell me it’s sad to see are whole World Series core gone and expect for Strasburg, Corbin, Robles, and Tanner Rainey. Like for a Rebuild to happen you not gonna be as excited it takes years and sometimes the prospects don’t even pan out I’m not saying that Rizzo shouldn’t have done the moves he did that did need to happen but are you even sad that this one in a kind World Series team is like almost completely gone and most people don’t really talk about how it’s disappointing to see the fall of this franchise.

[@ButterflyBlood]

@@Vic-cx8zb No, I am much happier to have so much greatness ahead of us than to watch what would've been a team in decline.

[@PilotGates_]

lol 4:23 you forgot the mets are in the national league too?

[@joshuapatrick682]

also i wonder how much of Rendon's OPS in 2019 was due the ball and if the Angels can sue MLB for artificially inflating his numbers and therefore his contract? anyone else? no? just me?

[@Natitude]

just be grateful it’s not strasburg like us nats fans. would much rather have rendon rn.

[@Korijenkins1414]

If that were the case, the Yanks ought to be suing over Judge's inflated contract due to the 2022 ball only their team was getting. Much bigger case there than with the Angels, primarily because every team benefited from the 2019 juiced ball over just 1 team in 2022.

[@aj-pf7gd]

@@Korijenkins1414i mean juice ball or not a healthy Judge is hitting 50+ bombs a season

[@kingyellowman5762]

​@@Korijenkins1414judge was on pace for 60hr again this year tho

[@wilwiggins4640]

Rumor has it, Rendon hasn’t hit a homerun since

[@jethrojacinto2798]

That 2019 Nationals team is special. Nats fans, your franchise might be wallowing in shit for the next decades but banners fly forever.

[@ButterflyBlood]

The team is actually already highly watchable again

[@joegonzales1932]

Baseball is a crazy sport; Giants were better than the Dodgers in 2021 but the Dodgers beat them in the NLDS, only to lose to an NL East team in the NLCS. The Dodgers were better than the Padres in 2022 but the Padres beat the Dodgers in the NLDS, again only to lose to an NL East team in the NLCS. Just those moments across two seasons shows how crazy and unpredictable baseball can be.

[@tahzib1451]

Rendon was Rendone as soon as he became a Halo...

[@yoitsadeezy5644]

PLEASE BRO DONT TELL ME THE RANGERS ARE THE NEW METS😭

[@NoRizz10]

Idk if that’s a compliment or a insult

[@joshuapatrick682]

and lastly the Padres are always in the mix for projected WS teams and every year fall apart in August...like clockwork. and look, they're doing it againt his year! they're like the Angels of this national league, proof that pitching, not offense is what wins games.

[@itsburgan497]

Lmfao it’s not the starting pitching it’s the bullpen and bottom of the lineup screwing up

[@rustyshackelford4224]

​@@itsburgan497Aaron Rodgers???

[@victor9101]

In three years time, Mike Rizzo will be regarded as a baseball whisperer. We lost our franchise players yes, but the team we have now is young, our farm is fruitful and the future looks bright. Also important note that most people miss, We won the WS in 2019 and the organization was robbed of the celebratory year where much of our roster was retained. Had we been allowed to have a normal celebratory season, things may have turned out different. But from a purely money standpoint they got choked probably more than any other team because they had rightfully earned that season to reap the rewards and at least "try" for a final post season push....but never got it. Had the team pushed in 2020 and 2021 for one last hurrah of sorts to cap off their fantastic 2012-2019 run, it would have meant getting nothing for Turner/Scherzer... Meaning no Josiah Gray nor Keibert Ruiz. Two of our franchise cornering players at this time.

[@ButterflyBlood]

We need to extend him AND EVEN MORE SO Martinez, the engine of our "scrappy" culture, YESTERDAY. I'm so terrified that we have yet to do that.

[@Thats_The_Puzzle]

Can we talk about the the soul crushers in this video that are the Philadelphia Phillies? 2 walk offs in the vid, Beat the Padres in the NLCS, and then stole Trea Turner away from the Dodgers. Man I love my Phil’s.

[@curley22]

4:18 um…. The Mets?

[@OshiZlebaseball]

A friend of mine told me that something was wrong because it was taking to long for it to be official.

[@334outdoors8]

Dodgers 22.6% ws odds Mets 11.3% Padres 11.1% To be fair the Mets chances are permanently.005%

[@Brian-nx3yp]

Yeah, but that Strasburg contract was an obvious overpayment and risk that has become a disaster. Why would a team headed for a rebuild do that?

[@Natitude]

why would a team coming off a WS with Soto, Turner, Scherzer, Strasburg, Corbin and plenty other fill ins give up. Lerner family and Rizzo knew the fan base would go crazy if Stras or Rendon wasn’t signed which is why they said only one could be resigned. Hope that clears it up. Obviously this is thinking that Stras and Corbin would perform which didn’t work.

[@christianbraun8290]

The Mets aren’t in the national league anymore ig

[@thecaveman3503]

He meant the 11%. The point whatever didn't matter to him apparently 😂

[@AnthonyChamp.]

Padres fan here recommend y’all remember the name James Wood he is going to be insane

[@NickGurr59]

biggest mistake in game 7 for Houston was taking greinke out.. till the hr, he was bullying them...

[@EricMadison]

D'Backs trying to top the 2021 Padres collapse this year.

[@doocies]

Yeah 9 straight losses is brutal and they were in first place just over a month ago

[@metallicasnake]

I will always be grateful to Scherzer for curbstomping the cheating Astros in his first start and closing out the Giants in Game 5 of the NLDS. I would have liked the Dodgers to have kept him, but wish him well wherever he has gone.

[@fatmanchew909]

I'm starting to appreciate loosing all those picks and prospects for a Max rental just so the Padres could still be known as the team that still hasn't won a World Series. They were 1 pitcher away from going all the way.

[@successnet25]

multiple teams haven't won the World Series... The Padres have had great playoff success recently, though.

[@JesseMiller-x4s]

Can someone please spell losing right ffs

[@Pokelegacy]

“Turners contract doesn’t make sense for a rebuilding team” what?!

[@pbcash7788]

Crazy that Anthony Rendon was ever worth anything, much less $245M. That dude is one of the biggest jokes in MLB history. If the Angels lose Ohtani, you can blame that Rendon contract. Devastating.

[@Golucky188]

The 2021 and 2022 dodgers are probably the greatest team I have seen on paper, but sadly playoffs didn’t go there way

[@Guiltyconscience83]

Did the Mets move to the American League?

[@MaxGrant-h5c]

"Turner's contract doesn't make sense for a rebuilding team" I hope you're talking about the Nationals and not the Phillies...

[@Sscrcrav]

First and love the videos

[@DeepblueJDH]

Did it though?

[@BIELS1]

I feel like Scherzer is getting a lot of karma because of what he says or who he blames. He had something great here in LA but he blamed the coaching staff for his dead arm. Also, Trea could've been great here too. He just didn't give it a chance. He could've had it all.

[@GreatRustavo]

Mets are in the NL

[@metsfan5438]

I love that we lied to Scherzer

[@glennstevens4259]

After what Mad Max pulled on the Dodgers, they should have let the Padres have him.

[@joshuapatrick682]

why you showing that clickbait clout chaser known as Fuzzy? don't give him the exposure man....

[@jontafferofficial]

thank christ max scherzer never wore a padres jersey

[@Migs1025]

Make a angels collapse part 2 pls as an Angel fan.

[@johnmulder7941]

No other national team besides the mets and dodgers*

[@edl6586]

Bro really had to show me Rendones face 😐

[@Kenyon712]

I thought he went to Texas.

[@maxcrss2845]

He did this year but he’s been traded previously

[@ArchonTimatron]

I wouldn't want to be in a clubhouse with him.

[@joshuapatrick682]

dude you put it in you thumbnail that Ken Rosenthal was wrong???!! well kiss your career goodbye because Ken does not forgive or forget....

[@jenieceboveja619]

Promo SM

[@samtheangler47]

We didn’t steal shit he just chose the winning organization lmao padres fans always bitching it’s amazing

[@John-is9zd]

23rd

[@Zyron22]

2021 sucked

[@Exses3D]

Lol Padres Suck 😂

[@Christopher-dd1ph]

The Mets aren’t in the NL? 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@garyrobinson5655]

Scherzer is old yes and obviously not as good as he once was but still got 10+ wins lmao

[@JesseMiller-x4s]

I didn't watch this video but the Pads can't afford Max... Kind of ridiculous, actually to even bring this up

[@ggallintedtalk]

He should’ve stayed with the Dodgers

[@thegoodfella2045]

AND HE SUCKED FOR US

[@j.d.panalagao2167]

Holy shit, Rendon should be in prison for stealing from the Angels.

[@ghosttownbound]

It would of been a waste of talent. As the padres have a thug culture that can't win....

[@jayden7818]

Okay 20 back out! Last wild card chumps! DODGERS!