This is really just story time with Alex Avila, who talked in his first Zoom call with reporters at Spring Training this week about his history with Max Scherzer from the time the two were in Detroit together between 2010-14. Scherzer, an ‘06 1st Round pick (11th overall), was traded to the Tigers in a three-team deal that included the Arizona Diamondbacks, who drafted the right-hander, and the New York Yankees.
Scherzer was just 46 games (37 starts) into his major league career at that point, but the D-Backs reportedly had concerns about his long-term health and role, so they traded him and, five years and one Cy Young award later, he signed a 7-year/$210M free agent deal with the Washington Nationals.