The rumored Max Scherzer trade to the Texas Rangers has yet to go through.
Max Scherzer was reportedly traded, in principle, from the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers on Saturday afternoon. The Mets have already sent out David Robertson, and Scherzer is the next pillar in a possible huge firesale for New York.
It looked as though the trade not going official just yet was only due to formalities, such as a physical and Scherzer waiving his no-trade clause. Initial reporting seemed to indicate that Scherzer would waive the clause to get to Arlington.
Further information seems to be going against those initial reports.
Max Scherzer's no-trade clause is holding up Rangers/Mets trade
According to Mark Feinsand, Max Scherzer has not waived his no-trade clause, and is reporting that a source told him, "As of right now, it's not happening."
Feinsand's reporting on the situation seems to indicate it's not a matter of Scherzer not having waived the no-trade clause yet, but that he doesn't want to waive it at all.
It's unclear why that might be. Scherzer may not want to be traded, period (though his comments on Friday night seemed to push on the desire to be moved), or he may not want to be traded to the Rangers, specifically.
If the Scherzer trade falls through, it could easily open the door for the Rangers to instead try to acquire Justin Verlander from the Mets, who Texas appeared to want before Scherzer, even.
Verlander, too, has a no-trade clause.
