Max Scherzer Odds and Props World Series Game 3: Mad Max Keeps Things Quiet In the Desert

The World Series is heating up, with both teams splitting the first two games in Texas. Now, the series shifts to the spacious Chase Field, where a former Diamondbacks' hurler will look to put the hurt on the MLB odds favorites.

I've taken a look at all of the Max Scherzer odds for Game 3 between the Rangers and Diamondbacks to help you out when making your MLB picks!

Don't forget to look at our Rangers vs. Diamondbacks World Series Game 3 picks, as well as our Rangers vs. Diamondbacks props.

Max Scherzer Game 3 prop bets

• Over 14.5 outs
• Pfaadt 4+ Ks/Under 9.5/D-Backs first inning Under 0.5 runs

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Max Scherzer Game 3 prop pick

Over 14.5 outs (-105)

Max Scherzer, for all intents and purposes, has pitched acceptably this October. He was thrust into action after months away from the mound, only to take the ball against one of the strongest offenses in baseball and pitch to middling results.

Scherzer, who had issues with the long ball and the walk this season, ran into a team that has excelled in both departments for years. He was particularly victimized by Houston’s more experienced hitters like Jose Altuve and Jose Abreu, but he should be in a much better position on Monday.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are not a team that is going to threaten to hit many home runs here. Their 1.23 ground out-to-air out ratio this postseason is the second highest of any team that we’ve seen — next to just the Miami Marlins — and in the World Series that number has jumped to 2.00 through two games.

The ball is going to come back on the ground, and it's going to come back into play in general given Arizona’s low 18.4% strikeout rate and 5.7% walk rate this postseason.

That should make this a dream spot for Scherzer, and with plenty of swings from the Diamondbacks, he should have no issues working deep into this game. He has arguably the top infield defense in baseball behind him and should look at his best here.

Prop: Over 14.5 outs (-105 at DraftKings)

Max Scherzer Game 3 same-game parlay

Under 9.5

D-Backs Under 0.5 runs first inning

Pfaadt 4+ Ks

+170 at DraftKings

You’ve simply got to love crafting same-game parlays with pitchers. You can either back a pitcher to fail miserably, betting on hits, walks, and runs allowed, or you can bet on strikeouts. I don’t want to do either here with Scherzer, rather I want to bet on his general effectiveness in holding the Diamondbacks offense at bay.

So, that’s why we have to get creative here. Scherzer did look great in the first inning of his first postseason start and should match up well with the top of Arizona's order given its inability to hit home runs, particularly at this giant ballpark. That’s why I like him to make it out of the first unscathed, but I also love the other pitcher.

I’ll take the Under in a game I expect Brandon Pfaadt to thrive in. He’s turned into a real strikeout pitcher this October with 22 Ks against 66 batters — equating to a 33.3% K-rate which is downright elite. Texas is striking out 24.7% of the time in this series and I think it should struggle in a park that is less friendly to teams such as themselves who love to hit the ball in the air.

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