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NEXT: ATHLETE

By Sean Bartlett

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

THE NEXT ... JOBA CHAMBERLAIN? They already had Brandon Webb and Dan Haren. This just isn't fair. Meet Max Scherzer, a 23-year-old flame-thrower who made his MLB debut last night in Arizona's 6-4 loss to Houston and is already garnering comparisons to a young Kerry Wood or Roger Clemens. In his 4+ innings in relief of Edgar Gonzalez, Scherzer torched the Astros with a 98 m.p.h. heater and a filthy slider. He retired all 13 batters he faced, struck out 7 and did not surrender a single walk. ...

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