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Blue Jays' Max Scherzer unphased by forearm injury after early exit originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Toronto Blue Jays haven’t gotten off to the best start this season, with their struggles culminating in their 2-14 dismantling by the Los Angeles Dodgers in what was the first match between the two World Series opponents since last October.
But above their lackluster offensive productions or their shaky pitching performances, there’s one issue that has been plaguing the club: the injury bug. Looking at the Blue Jays’ injury list, it features some of their bigger names, including Alejandro Kirk, Addison Barger, and Cody Ponce, but it appears that another name might be appearing on that list: Max Scherzer.
The veteran ace took to the mound against the aforementioned Dodgers on Monday night, but was pulled after only two innings, in which he threw 36 pitches, allowing two hits and two runs, while fanning two batters.
What’s Scherzer dealing with?
In the hours following Monday night’s match, news broke that Scherzer has right forearm tendinitis, which was something that Toronto was aware of prior to Monday night’s match, as reported by MLB.com’s Keegan Matheson.
While the injury is there, Scherzer explained to reporters that he isn’t all too concerned about it, with his main focus being his next match on the rubber.
“I don't think it's a major issue, just something that needs to be addressed,” Scherzer stated to reporters. “My mind is I'm going to be making my next start.”
As noted by Matheson, Blue Jays’ manager John Schneider has confidence in his veteran ace’s ability to take the mound in his next possible outing.
The best-case scenario for both sides is that Scherzer is able to take to the mound and brush off his appearance against Los Angeles, and attempt to get back to the form that he had against the Colorado Rockies, fanning four batters across a six-inning stint.
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