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PHOENIX, AZ - MAY 11: Paul Goldschmidt #44 of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Max Scherzer #31 of the Washington Nationals stand on first base in the MLB game at Chase Field on May 11, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Washington Nationals won 3-1. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ - MAY 11: Paul Goldschmidt #44 of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Max Scherzer #31 of the Washington Nationals stand on first base in the MLB game at Chase Field on May 11, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Washington Nationals won 3-1. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)
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Before Mad Max was winning divisions with the Nationals, he was pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Max Scherzer #39 of the Arizona Diamondbacks (Photo by Jacob de Golish/Getty Images)

Max Scherzer, 1st round pick in 2006 draft. 60.1 WAR

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The man has two different colored eyes, with one looking at the prize and the other looking to the future. Max Scherzer was a highly touted first-round draft pick and he has lived up to the billing. Sadly for the Diamondbacks, it has not been with their organization.

Scherzer won just nine games in 37 starts in his time with the Arizona Diamondbacks and then was traded as part of a three-team trade which netted the team, Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy.

While blossoming into a superstar with the Detroit Tigers, partnering with Justin Verlander to take the Tigers to four straight playoff appearances and a World Series.

He signed a lucrative 7 year/$191.4M contract with the Washington Nationals and has exceeded the worth of his deal. Scherzer has amassed 79 wins in DC with a  2.74 ERA while winning two Cy Young Awards and finishing in the top three, two other times. For his career, he has lead the league in strikeouts three times and struck out more than 2600 in all.

In the 2019 postseason, he was 3-0, helping the Nationals win their first World Series in team history.

Scherzer is the one which got away too soon, for the Diamondbacks’ liking