Max Scherzer gave up 27 home runs in 228 2⁄3 innings (1.06 HR/9) in 2015, in the first year of his 7-year/$210M deal with the Washington Nationals, which was tied for the fifth-most home runs allowed among qualified National League starters.
He gave up 17 in 96 2⁄3 IP in the second half (1.58 HR/9) after allowing 10 in 132 innings in the first-half (0.68 HR/9) of the season.
Scherzer talked last winter about working on keeping the ball in the yard as he went about preparing for his second season in the nation’s capital.