Toronto Blue Jays' Max Scherzer talks about first rehab start and where he is at
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Toronto Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer took questions from the media about his first rehab start with the Buffalo Bisons on Friday night.
When asked by a reporter if he was in a 'better spot' he responded quickly with:
«Yeah, you can say that,» he said Friday night after throwing 56 pitches over 4.1 innings in his first rehab start, «but I'm not celebrating anything until I'm actually back in big-league games and recovering in big-league games. This thumb issue is a serious issue. I don't declare myself out of the woods on this because I've got to be able to do this at the big-league level and recover at the big-league level.»
Scherzer isn't there yet, obviously, and as always, how he's feeling Saturday will be pivotal.
This start was his biggest workload since throwing 62 pitches over four shutout innings versus Minnesota in the Blue Jays' penultimate spring training game on March 22.
That outing led into his only start of the season, March 27 against the Baltimore Orioles, when right lat soreness, triggered by compensating for the thumb, forced him out after just three innings and 45 pitches.
Scherzer said he will «definitely need another (rehab start), for sure,» and what happens beyond that will depend on conversations with the organization.
But, offering the same caveats he has since the spring, he wasn't ready to read into the differences between how he's feeling now and how he felt back then.
"I felt fine and all of a sudden I had a start where I could tell something was wrong, and the next start, it was a whole issue, so it can happen that fast,» Scherzer explained. «I'm feeling good right now, but that doesn't mean anything until I'm actually at that normal, built-up level. I just don't know how this is going to respond.»
Scherzer is intent on continuing to do it for the Blue Jays as soon as possible. Friday night was a big step in that direction.
«It's nice to face somebody else and be in a real game,» said Scherzer. «You definitely take it to another level, that's a different level of competition. On the mend here and trying to get back as fast as possible.»
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