MILWAUKEE — Texas Rangers right-hander and three-time Cy Younger Award winner Max Scherzer indicated he felt a little bit thumb soreness a day after throwing 5 scoreless innings in his season debut.
Rangers supervisor Bruce Bochy stated it was solely pure that Scherzer could 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 shocked he is a little bit sore,” Bochy stated Monday earlier than the Rangers’ sport towards the Milwaukee Brewers. “I talked about this a little bit earlier. You go down and do your rehab, however there’s one thing about while you get into a serious league stadium and get the juices going and adrenaline going. He will 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 method 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 person, and 39 of his 57 pitches have been strikes.
