New 12 months, new workforce, extra of the identical frustration for Max Scherzer.
The longer term Corridor of Famer lasted simply three innings and 45 pitches Saturday in his debut for the Blue Jays, whom he joined through the offseason.
Scherzer was lifted on account of proper lat soreness, the workforce introduced.
He had been scheduled to throw about 80 pitches, based on MLB.com
Scherzer, who had reportedly handled a thumb situation in spring coaching, was visibly pissed off within the dugout as he put down his glove between innings.
The three-time Cy Younger Award winner missed the tip of the 2023 common season with a teres main pressure after he was traded from the Mets to the Rangers.
He was activated for the postseason and began Recreation 3 of the World Sequence en path to incomes a hoop despite the fact that he was shut down a second time on account of a again pressure.
Scherzer began simply 9 video games for the Rangers final season — making a delayed season debut on June 23 after offseason surgical procedure to appropriate a herniated disc.
He additionally handled thumb and nerve points all through the season.
Regardless of all these purple flags that the 40-year-old former ace was breaking down, the Blue Jays inked Scherzer to a one-year, $15.5 million contract in free company.
So, it could possibly’t be a complete shock — only a nightmare — that he pitched three innings in opposition to the Orioles, permitting two runs on three hits.
He struck out one.
“It’s a little thing that’s a big thing,” Scherzer stated earlier than taking the mound. “I’m not going to lie: It’s irritating. As a result of I do know I can pitch at this degree. I do know I can nonetheless pitch at a really excessive degree as properly. I do know I’ve the pitches that I can execute and I can find.
“But right now, it’s a thumb issue, and I’m going to be battling it until I’m fully built up.”
