‘I know I wanted the ball’ 😤 Max Scherzer on CRUCIAL Performance in Blue Jays’ win vs. Mariners

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., George Springer and Max Scherzer spoke with Big Papi, Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter after the Toronto Blue Jays’ win in Game 4 against the Seattle Mariners.

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Thanks, Kevin. Vlad, you hit your fifth home run of the postseason tonight. Big offensive night, but let’s talk about Max Sherzer. How would you describe what you saw from him tonight? Uh, that’s him, you know, that’s Max Hall of Fame. Uh, he compete every time. Uh, he came uh and give all the energy and he give it all in the on the in the field. Now, what happened when Schneider came out to talk to him with two outs in the fifth? Uh, they asked him is he he’s okay. He say yes, you know, and everybody go back to to his place. You know, when uh a hall of fame like this told you he’s good, you are living live in the game and he show he’s good. Series is tied two to two. No matter what happens tomorrow, we’re going back to tomorrow to Toronto. Vlad, how much better do you feel about your chances than you did two days ago? I mean, uh we play like I say always. I I believe in God and I believe in this team, you know. And uh when you play one day at a time, one at a time, uh something something big can happen. And to us, it’s like we came here and try to try to win the series, you know, and uh to us, we got two and tomorrow we’re going to find a way to win the the next one. Thanks a lot, Kevin. Back to you. Thanks, KB. Well, George, you get the series back to Toronto. Two nights with 21 runs, 29 hits. What does the momentum feel like on your side when you play this version of fast break baseball? Um, I mean, it’s just kind of who we are as a team, you know, get the next guy up to the plate, you know, do anything that you can do um to pass the baton on to the next guy. So, um, you know, good quality of bass to last a couple days, but it’s on to tomorrow. George, you had one of the better seats to see Max Scherzer’s probably most entertaining confrontations of the night. That was with his manager, John Schneider. tell me what you made of that scene and more importantly the game that he delivered. Yeah, I mean, you know, he was huge for us today. Um, he was who he is. Um, you kind of stay away from him. You know, you you don’t really want to get in Max’s way, so you you kind of just let Max be Max and it was entertaining for sure, George. Thank you. We’ll see you in Toronto. All right, as we shoot over to Seattle and Max, great to see you as Kevin Burkart and the Fox guys. And you know, listen, we’ve worked next to you. We’ve talked to you after World Championships, after so many of these postseason starts. Emotionally, where did tonight rank compared to all these other great big games that you’ve pitched in the playoffs? Uh, it’s up there with all of them. Uh, you know, when you go out there and compete, you’re competing at your fullest. Uh, these are must-wins situations. You lay it all on the line. You’re going against some of the best hitters in the world. Uh, and it’s kind of just you versus them. And, uh, you just want to go out there and compete against them and, uh, go out there and get a win. Hey Max, Alex Rodriguez here. Congrats in the big big game. That was fun to watch. That was an absolute masterclass tonight. Did you have a plan coming into the game to use your curveball as much as you did? Kevin Burkart here had a great stat that you had four strikeouts on your curve ball and you had eight all year or was that a feel thing in game? Uh it was a feel thing. Uh knew coming in today, you know, I hadn’t pitched in a while. Uh knew I was going to be kind of rusty. you know, there in the first I have two walks, but uh was able to make a big pitch against Palanco to get a double play and I felt like that kind of helped settle me into the game, like get me into the rhythm of the game. Uh and then our offense, you know, got a bunch of runs. You know, we were able to get a big lead on them and allowed me to get a little bit more aggressive. You know, I felt like my fast ball command wasn’t quite as great. Uh, you know, I’d like to be a little bit better at that, but was able to make big pitches when I needed to. And, uh, when you talk about that curveball, I just had a good feel for it tonight. uh you know just was able to really step on it and rip it and uh got like you said some big strikeouts and some big situations on it. Hey Max, big puppy right here. Congratulation man. I can go so many way asking you question. I call baseball an everyday sport and my concern before you outing today was that you haven’t pitched in a while but watching your body language before the game today I went like oh oh what was your preparation like having not having been pitching that long and have the unbelievable performance tonight? Um, I actually kind of, you know, thought back to some previous, uh, times where I’ve been coming off the IL. And I’ve actually had some good starts coming off the IIL, uh, immediately. So, I know I knew if as long as my arm was good, I get my get going in the rhythm of game, I can I could execute pitches. And that’s what it was about coming out here and trying to execute, you know, all the pitches and to all all the locations. And, uh, as the game went on, I just felt like I got better and better with that. Max, what’s up, Mr. Derek? I wanted, first of all, great job. But I I know just from playing against you all those years, you’re the type of pitcher that that really feeds off your emotions. So, I’m gonna ask the question I think everyone wants to know. Talk to me about the extended conversation you had with the manager when he came out to the mound. Yeah. Um, you know, it was a it was a two out situation. I just had checked the board. I think I was at 69 or 70 pitches. My arm felt great. um you know two outs and Randy was coming up and in my head I was going through you know kind of in my sequence of how I wanted to pitch Randy uh you know thinking through the situation and uh all of a sudden I see uh Schneid’s coming out. It kind of caught me off guard and you know that’s just where one of those moments where I know I wanted the ball. I I knew the situation of the game. I wanted the ball and I basically told him that in a little bit different language. I love it. I absolutely love it. Hey Max Alex here. One more after coming out 02. This is such a great offense. You guys been so consistent. How confident did you feel in game three and obviously going into game four feels different now, but coming to Seattle, what was the feeling in that clubhouse? Uh really kind of the same. I don’t want to get too high or get too low. Yeah. When you lose, you know, two games at home, you’re down 02. You know, it’s a crappy feeling. Uh but on this team, we have been so resilient. We’ve come back so many different times and we’re an unbelievable team. our clubhouse. It’s everybody within that clubhouse. Uh pulling on the same rope in the same direction. We believe in each other all the way through. And so, uh coming here to Seattle, uh you we’ve had two good ball games. You our offense has done a great job. Uh pitching’s done great as well. So, we’ve kind of played our game. Uh but I also know this is three games, you know, basically three games left. Uh it’s going to take a heck of an effort uh to win two more. You know, Max, just to get did want to tell you talked to Vlad. Vlad talked to Ken Rosenthal after the game about your Mau meeting and he was very calm and he said no uh manager was just asking if everybody’s okay and he said no just go back to your place. So that’s uh that’s how Vlad described that uh that little mitty confrontation if you will but maybe you can give uh the viewers here a little bit insight about Vlad because the reality is the Blue Jays don’t get a ton of run until the playoffs now in America and seeing him every day Vladimir Gro Jr. what blows your mind? um his IQ. Uh he he’s really playing uh great ball, but he’s doing it with his his head. He he’s really making smart decisions uh and where how he attacks pitchers. That’s obviously everybody’s going to look at the offense, but for me, it’s how he’s been playing defensively, how he runs the bases. He does a lot of great things uh outside of just hitting. Uh and to me, that’s a sign of greatness is when you’re you’re a total package type player. And so, uh you know, since I’ve been here, uh he’s gotten smarter throughout the year. He’s done so many things uh and made so many great plays for us throughout the year that makes you go wow. So uh we all know his bat. We all know he can do that, but he’s much more than that. He’s a complete player and that’s what makes him special. Hey Max, on a serious note right here, don’t you think the color of your eyes was a distraction for the Mariners batter because it was for Jer and Ara. Yeah, I always like having fun with it. I like having fun with it. Uh you know the blue and the brown. It’s so much fun to have fun with everybody with it. Uh, so yeah, I always hope it it comes out to my advantage. Hey, honestly, man, when you going to retire and come and join us? I’m having too much fun. This is uh you get to go out there and pitch in this environment. Uh, this is what you play the game for. It’s so much fun to be in these type of situations. So, uh, for me, I just enjoy competing too much. Hey, I love you though. And pitching to they get you with a wheelchair out of the field. Forget it. Yeah, I still feel pretty good. My body feels great, so everything’s good. So I I still got your shirt with the two different colored eyes on it. I thought that was pretty good. So it’s still in my closet. I love it. Love it. Love it. Love you, brother. Have a great time. Congratulations. Great job, Max. Max Sherzer joining us. Boy, we’ve talked to How many times have we talked to him after big playoff starts that he’s had? And that was just it was just so cool, you know, doing what he’s doing, still doing it at that