What's up with Scherzer? (Max signs with AZ at 11th hour)

[Outshined_One]

I just saw that he still hasn't signed with the Diamondbacks yet. He's still the only unsigned player from the first round as of now.

 

I know Boras is his agent, but that hasn't stopped the Diamondbacks from signing his guys before (Stephen Drew). Does anyone know what the deal is?

[illiniguy]

I just saw that he still hasn't signed with the Diamondbacks yet. He's still the only unsigned player from the first round as of now.

 

I know Boras is his agent, but that hasn't stopped the Diamondbacks from signing his guys before (Stephen Drew). Does anyone know what the deal is?

Didn't Drew take all year to sign, almost to the next draft? This seems about par for the course.

[Outshined_One]

I just saw that he still hasn't signed with the Diamondbacks yet. He's still the only unsigned player from the first round as of now.

 

I know Boras is his agent, but that hasn't stopped the Diamondbacks from signing his guys before (Stephen Drew). Does anyone know what the deal is?

Didn't Drew take all year to sign, almost to the next draft? This seems about par for the course.

 

It took Weaver and Drew until the day before the next draft to sign.

 

However, other Boras clients are already signed at this point (Hochevar, Kennedy) and he's been much more amenable to getting guys signed lately (save for the whole Hochevar debacle).

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The DBacks asked for updated medical information after he missed part of his last season at Mizzou with the bicep injury. Scherzer recently underwent further medical evaluation by Dr. Lewis Yocum and that supposedly showed he didn't need surgery.

 

Boras and Scherzer also claim the departure of Diamondbacks' scouting director Mike Rizzo held up negotiations though the DBacks didn't seem to think it was a reason for things slowing down.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Tyler (Columbia, MO): What happened to Max Scherzer? I never saw him sign a contract offer. I know his agent is Scott Boras, which is probably hampering a deal.

 

SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:43 PM ET ) A fine Diamondbacks question! Scherzer still should sign with Arizona, though probably not much before spring training at this point. No real reason for it to take this long, as he didn't drop because of signability and I don't see him getting much over slot at all.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/news/263730.html

 

Scherzer signed with the independent Ft. Worth Cat (as did former Cub prospect Chadd Blasko).

 

Scherzer, still can sign with the Diamondbacks before May 31. He entered 2006 as the top righthanded pitching prospect in the draft after working in the mid- to upper 90s with Missouri and Team USA as a sophomore. But he came down with biceps tendinitis, which took a toll on his stuff and concerned several clubs.

 

His stint in Fort Worth will give scouts a chance to see if his stuff has returned to the form that he's shown in the past. Scherzer doesn't figure to equal Hochevar's rise to the No. 1 overall pick, but he should benefit from a 2007 draft crop lacking in frontline college righthanders. The only two currently rated as first-rounders are North Carolina State's Andrew Brackman and Texas Christian's Jake Arrieta, both of whom have been disappointing and also are advised by Boras.

 

"If Max Scherzer is healthy and throwing 95-98 mph like he was as a sophomore," one scouting director said, "he's right behind David Price at the top of the draft."

[Guest]

Wow, he signed, minutes before the deadline:

 

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/news/264039.html

 

Major league contract, worth $4.3 million with the potential to hit $6 million.