Max Scherzer moved into ninth place on baseball's all-time strikeout list Sunday with the Blue Jays, passing Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry. The 39-year-old right-hander struck out 10 batters in the outing, adding to a legacy that continues to defy age. Scherzer has now spent parts of three decades hunting strikeouts at the highest level. He sits at 3,149 career Ks, inching closer to the exclusive 3,000-strikeout club members and cementing his place among the game's most durable and dominant pitchers. The milestone reflects what scouts and analysts have long known: Scherzer's stuff never truly left. Even in his late thirties, he commands a fastball and slider that put him in rare company. Perry, the Hall of Famer he just passed, accumulated 3,534 strikeouts across his career. For context, only eight pitchers in MLB history have struck out more batters than Scherzer will when he retires. The Jays got a vintage performance on Sunday. That's the kind of showing that reminds fans why Scherzer signed with Toronto in the first place.