Stats: 170-89, 3.20 ERA (132 ERA+), 1.09 WHIP, 2,692 K, 2,290 IP, 58.4 WAR
Postseason: 7-5, 3.38 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 137 K, 112 IP, One-time WS winner
WAR/100: 2.55
After showing swing-and-miss stuff but shaky command during his first five seasons in the majors, everything clicked for Max Scherzer in 2013. He went 21-3 with a 2.90 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and 240 strikeouts in 214.1 innings to win AL Cy Young honors that year, and he's been lights out ever since.
Over the past seven seasons, he's been an All-Star every year, going 118-47 with a 2.82 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and 1,863 strikeouts in 1,485.1 innings.
He's finished in the top five in Cy Young voting each year during that stretch, winning the award two more times in 2016 (20-7, 2.96 ERA, 284 K, 228.1 IP) and 2017 (16-6, 2.51 ERA, 268 K, 200.2 IP).
After getting knocked around a bit in the NL Wild Card Game last year, he put together a brilliant rest of the postseason, going 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 31 strikeouts in 25 innings for the World Series winners.
At 35 years old, he hasn't lost a step.
