Jul 2, 2020
In 2018, Max Scherzer led MLB in strikeouts with 300, he led the National League in strikeouts per nine innings with 12.2, and he also led the NL in strikeout-to-walk ratio with 5.8. After reaching strikeout number 300, Scherzer gave a shout-out to catcher Matt Wieters for being the best at catching foul tips. Scherzer, however, provided no evidence for his claim, and even said that there’s no metric to demonstrate it. So was he right? Can we, in fact, measure it? More to the point, does it even matter? Stat guru Moshe Schorr was on the case, so listen up as Pesach Wolicki explains their findings in this clip from October, 2018.