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Max Scherzer made a startling admission about a potentially significant injury right before Opening Day. <\/p>\n
The longtime ace, who signed a one-year, $15.5 million contract with the Blue Jays this offseason, acknowledged that his thumb injury could turn into a major problem. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little thing that\u2019s a big thing,\u201d Scherzer told The Athletic. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna lie, it\u2019s frustrating. Because I know I can pitch at this level. I know I can still pitch at a very high level, as well. I know I have the pitches that I can execute and I can locate. But right now, it\u2019s a thumb issue, and I\u2019m gonna be battling until I\u2019m fully built up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scherzer, 40, said he\u2019s felt fine while pitching, but the pain comes a day later. <\/p>\n
He tossed four scoreless innings on Saturday in a Grapefruit League game against the Twins, giving up two hits and a walk while striking out four batters and throwing 62 pitches. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I\u2019m out there, it heats up and it goes away and I\u2019m fine,\u201d Scherzer said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like tendinitis, in a way. Once it gets hot and gets out there, then I don\u2019t feel it and I can pitch the way I\u2019ve always pitched. I\u2019m not worried about my stuff, I\u2019m worried about how I recover \u2014 because this can blow up fast and lead to a lot of other things. I\u2019ll know what damage I did on it today, tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
He claims the Blue Jays were aware of his thumb issue when they decided to sign him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s anybody\u2019s guess,\u201d Scherzer said. \u201cI don\u2019t have the answers. From the very beginning, even in free agency, I said, \u2018The only thing that\u2019s holding me back long-term here is the thumb. If you\u2019re going to sign me, everything else is good on me. The back is good. The only issue is my thumb.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I had addressed it, I thought I did enough grip-strength work to nip it in the bud that we weren\u2019t going to have it. Unfortunately, it showed back up here in spring training. Everybody\u2019s trying to figure out how to manage this, how to get around this, how to overcome this.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not arthritis, it\u2019s the\u00a0CMC joint and the MCP joint, between those two. The way I grip my pitches, I really come down on that thumb, and my thumb gets blown up because of that. When it gets too inflamed, then it becomes a nerve issue and it starts moving up the arm and it can get into other things, and even into the shoulder. So my entire arm health is predicated on this thumb.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scherzer has looked good this spring, giving up just two runs in 13 innings pitched along with 18 strikeouts. <\/p>\n
His velocity has been down, however, hovering around the low 90\u2019s with his fastball. <\/p>\n
He spent parts of the last two seasons with the Rangers after his brief Mets tenure, making nine starts last year and recording a 3.95 ERA. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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