Max Scherzer delivers powerhouse quote after gutty Blue Jays Game 7 performance

While the future hall-of-famer sat with the media, compartmentalizing on one of the biggest heatbreakers in his career, he delivered the definition of a mic drop.

"I just don't see how that's the last pitch I've ever thrown." Scherzer, aged 41, emptied the tank for the 2025 Blue Jays this postseason, and no moment captured that more than his Game 7 masterpiece. He allowed just one run on four hits and a walk while striking out three over 4.1 strong innings.

Max Scherzer delivers powerhouse quote after gutty Blue Jays Game 7 performance

When skipper John Schneider finally came to get him, reliever Louis Varland took over, promptly giving up a single to Shohei Ohtani. This time, Mad Max didn't preform his charade of screaming while being pulled. Instead, he accepted that his time in Game 7 had come to an end despite throwing 54 pitches while maintaining velocity. After all, this is not his first time in a winner-take-all, he's well aware that the leashes are often short.

While walking off the field during what may have been his final start with the Blue Jays, he saluted the crowd while everyone in the Rogers Centre was on their feet, exiting the game with a 3-1 lead. Although his future with the Blue Jays is uncertain, it's safe to say that given his postgame quote and his preformance this postseason, he's not ready to hang up the cleats yet.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner and eight-time all-star signed with the Jays on a one-year, $15.5 million contract in February. His year in Toronto was a bit of a rollercoaster, as he dealt with a lingering thumb injury early in the year that kept him out for a few months.

Not only was he shelved for awhile, but he got knocked around pretty badly during a couple of stretches. That being said, a veteran with 33 games of postseason experience, was bound to turn it around, and that's exactly what he did.

Across three postseason outings, Scherzer put up a 3.77 ERA, but his preformances didn't reflect what the ERA tells you, he fully turned back the clock, especially in Game 5 of the ALCS. Here, he allowed just three hits and one run, which came off of his only mistake of the game, reuslting in a solo shot from Mississauga native, Josh Naylor.

When Schneider approached him on the mound, he showed everyone why they call him Mad Max, as it made it abundantly clear that he wasn't ready to leave the ball game. He then went on to promptly strike out Randy Arozarena on a curveball. Schneider's quote postgame summed it all up. "I thought he was going to kill me, it was great.”

Scherzer's second postseason start with the Blue Jays was during the 18-inning marathon in Game 3. Here, he went 4.1 innings, surrendering three earned runs on five hits, two of them being home runs. In hindsight, this start didn't mean all that much, considering the bullpen was responsible for 14 of the innings that followed. Throughout the postseason, he was even better than advertised.

"I've been part of some special groups," Scherzer said after the finale. "This one's right up there with all of them in terms of how we played, how we cared about each other. I've had that feeling on the other teams, and this team had that." 

It’s clear from his quotes the fire is still in his eyes and that retirement isn’t in the cards just yet. Considering that ptching is always in demand, so, a team will offer him a contract, likely a contending team.

He's still a reliable back-end starter and that's without factoring in his clubhouse presence. For Mad Max, that final pitch was a reminder that he’s still got more left to give. The next real question though, is will he reunite with the Toronto Blue Jays.