Blue Jays Scratch Max Scherzer From Fourth Spring Training Start With Injury
March 11, 2025
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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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The Toronto Blue Jays scratched one of their biggest offseason signees from his fourth spring training start because of a right thumb injury.
Max Scherzer signed a one-year, $15.5 million contract with the Blue Jays in February coming off an injury-plagued 2024 season with the Texas Rangers in which he made just nine starts.
Blue Jays are bumping Max Scherzer from his scheduled Thursday start due to a sore right thumb that developed after his last outing on Saturday
Manager John Schneider says club is “just being extra careful with him” and expects to know more about Scherzer’s status in coming days
— Arden Zwelling (@ArdenZwelling) March 11, 2025
The 40-year-old right-hander was able to make each of his first three scheduled spring training starts for Toronto. After his third, he reportedly developed a sore right thumb that will prevent him from pitching Thursday against the Baltimore Orioles.
More news: Red Sox Veteran Leaves Spring Training Debut After One Inning With Injury
According to Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet, Scherzer’s status will be announced in the days to come. Manager John Schneider said the team is “just being extra careful with him.”
Max Scherzer #21 of the New York Mets pitches in the first inning against the San Diego Padres at Citi Field on April 10, 2023 in New York City. Max Scherzer #21 of the New York Mets pitches in the first inning against the San Diego Padres at Citi Field on April 10, 2023 in New York City. Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images
Scherzer has pitched nine innings in Grapefruit League play in his first preseason with the Blue Jays. He’s allowed only two runs while walking none and striking out 14 batters — a promising start to his first season in Toronto.
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