Max Scherzer signs deal to return to Toronto Blue Jays

2026, March 2

Canada

Major League Baseball pitcher Max Scherzer signed a full contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, with the team confirming the agreement on February 26, 2026.

The agreement, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, will be a salary of US$3 million with incentives up to US$10 million.

Scherzer had 5 wins and 5 losses and an earned run average of 5.19 for 17 starts and 85 innings played last year for the Blue Jays. Scherzer is an eight-time All-star pitcher.

His eight-year-old daughter Brooke wrote a letter on December 15 to the Blue Jays hoping they would accept him back. Scherzer had played for the Blue Jays in 2025 on a one-year contract.

Scherzer's wife, Erica May-Scherzer, posted the letter from Brooke on Instagram.