Scherzer, who had been a free agent from the Major League Baseball Dodgers, has signed a three-year contract with Mets, US media reported.
The average annual salary is about 4.93 billion yen in Japanese yen, which is said to be the highest in the history of Major League Baseball.
The 37-year-old Scherzer is a major league starting pitcher who has won the Cy Young Award for Best Pitcher of the Season three times so far, playing for the Nationals and the Dodgers this season. It was a record of 15 wins and 4 losses and a defense rate of 2.46.
After the end of the season, he became a free agent and was attracting attention, but several US media reported on the 29th that Scherzer had signed a three-year contract with Mets.
The contract is said to total 130 million dollars for three years and about 14.8 billion yen in Japanese yen, and the average annual salary of about 4.93 billion yen is the highest amount in the history of Major League Baseball.
Mets, who has missed the playoff for the fifth consecutive year, is being reinforced by investor Stephen Cohen, who became the owner last year, with abundant financial resources, and with the addition of pitcher Scherzer, the Cy Young Award next season Along with DeGrom, who has won twice, there are now two starting pitchers representing the major leagues.
Scherzer started in this all-star game against Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, and Otani cites Scherzer as an opponent who left an impression this season.