MILWAUKEE — Texas Rangers right-hander and three-time Cy Younger Award winner Max Scherzer indicated he felt somewhat thumb soreness a day after throwing 5 scoreless innings in his season debut.
Rangers supervisor Bruce Bochy stated it was solely pure that Scherzer is likely to be feeling a bit sore. Scherzer has a bullpen session scheduled for Tuesday and is on observe to pitch once more Friday at Baltimore.
“I am not stunned he is somewhat sore,” Bochy stated Monday earlier than the Rangers’ sport towards the Milwaukee Brewers. “I talked about this somewhat earlier. You go down and do your rehab, however there’s one thing about while you get into a significant league stadium and get the juices going and adrenaline going. He’ll flip it up a notch, which he did. We’ll see how he is doing the subsequent couple of days.”
Scherzer had been faraway from a rehabilitation look in late April with thumb soreness after present process surgical procedure in mid-December to restore a herniated disk in his decrease again.
The 39-year-old labored his approach again and was excellent Sunday in a 4-0 victory over the Kansas Metropolis Royals. Scherzer retired 15 of the 16 batters he confronted, together with the primary 13. He struck out 4 and walked no one, and 39 of his 57 pitches have been strikes.
