Max Scherzer set for New York Mets in MLB record $43m-a-year contract | New York Mets

Eight-time All-Star Max Scherzer is nearing a $130m, three-year contract with the New York Mets, according to multiple reports.

The $43.33m average salary would easily set a baseball record, smashing the $36m Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole in averaging in his $324m, nine-year contract.

Scherzer, a…