Max Scherzer’s amazing outings in his last two starts prompted much speculation that they were the best consecutive starts ever. A 16-strikeout complete game one-hitter, followed by a near-perfect game spoiled only by a hit batsman with two outs in the ninth, is as dazzling a pair of starts as you will find in baseball.
Scherzer is scheduled to start again for the Washington Nationals on Friday night at Philadelphia, but how is he likely to fare? Do two great starts tend to lead to another, or do they herald a crash back to earth?