PHOENIX — World Series Game 3 looks on paper like a decided pitching advantage for the Rangers: Max Scherzer going up against Arizona rookie Brandon Pfaadt. One guy has won the Cy Young Award three times. The other has three round trips to Reno—just this year.
But this being the upside-down World Series—the first one with two teams two years removed from losing 100 games—the matchup is not what it seems to be. After three demotions to AAA, Pfaadt takes the better stuff into this game.
This is the inside story of how Pfaadt went from a commuter on the Reno shuttle to Game 3 of the World Series.
