Max Scherzer is a Bad Man and Makes the Nationals True World Series Contenders

Many surely wrote off the Washington Nationals this season after they missed the 2018 playoffs only to allow Bryce Harper to leave inside the division to the Philadelphia Phillies. Rather than accept their fate as a .500 team, Max Scherzer and a revamped starting rotation buckled down, willed them to a playoff appearance, and earned a win-or-go-home Game 5 matchup in the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Despite pitching on short rest -- including a brilliant relief appearance in Game 2 -- Scherzer reminded everyone that he's the single most unhittable pitcher in the league on any given night, tossing seven innings of one-run ball as the Nationals took home a 6-1 result and pushed the two-time defending pennant-winners to the brink.

Scherzer, along with Stephen Strasburg and stud free agent acquisition Patrick Corbin, form one of the most unstoppable trios in the game today-- and now give the Nationals a legit chance at a World Series.

As long as Anthony Rendon, Juan Soto, and the offense can give them a couple runs of support, Dave Martinez can rest east knowing that any one of his starters can crank out a quality start at any time, even when they only have about 60% of a full tank.

Scherzer is a psycho, but he's still just as nasty as when he won the Cy Young, and the Nationals should feel more than comfortable about their chances to go all the way if he's continuing to throw gas.