[The Washington Post] How Max Scherzer, bold and brilliant on the mound, learned years ago to bet on himself - [Max] Scherzer and Boras wanted a four-year deal worth over $4 million before incentives. The Diamondbacks, though, countered around $2 million and wouldn’t budge. Scherzer’s lifelong dream had quickly dissolved into a fight over money and precedent. Instead of a summer in the minors, he faced hitters in Missouri to stay sharp. Instead of spring training in 2007, he pitched in simulated games at the University of California Irvine, the closest college to Boras’s Orange County headquarters.
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