Blue Jays' Max Scherzer Talks About His Options in Free Agency

Was it a slam dunk all along that Mad Max was coming back to the Toronto Blue Jays? He sat down with Foul Territory and was asked if it was Toronto or Bust for him this past offseason...

Was it Toronto or bust for Max Scherzer?

Scherzer: "There would have been a couple other teams. I really wanted to come back to Toronto. At the end of the day, I wanted it to be [Toronto]." pic.twitter.com/Vg6ryRfJc5
— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) March 18, 2026

"There would have been a couple other teams. I really wanted to come back to Toronto. (But) I just know in free agency things can go sideways. I've been a free agent many times, thinking it was going to break one way and it doesn't break the way that you think it's gonna break.

"At the end of the day, I wanted it to be [Toronto]. Fortunately, everything happened the way it needed to happen, and I got the call when needed, and was able to get a deal done."

One of the major factors had to be the letter his eight-year-old daughter wrote to the Blue Jays in December.

Max Scherzer's eight-year-old daughter wrote a letter to the Blue Jays in December saying she hopes her dad is back on the team in 2026 pic.twitter.com/dLNNccyEzp
— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) February 26, 2026

He talked about the impact that had.

"We were writing letters to Santa."

Max Scherzer says his daughter put this letter in an envelope herself and randomly asked him for a stamp to send it pic.twitter.com/KjD0uxejPm https://t.co/wk4SdtCuYi
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) March 3, 2026

He joked that the letter could have been a bad negotiating tactic.