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DUNEDIN, Fla. – Thumbs up to what had the potential to be the biggest injury scare early in Blue Jays spring training.
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After an MRI to evaluate a wonky right thumb, Max Scherzer was cleared to return to work.
“Everything came back normal,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “He played catch (the last two days) and hopefully he’ll get off the mound in the next day or two and then go from there.”
After three stellar spring training outings, the 40-year-old Scherzer was removed from a scheduled start here on Thursday after he experienced some soreness in his thumb. The fact that there’s no damage should clear him to resume preparations on schedule to be ready for the season.
“He’s already kind of built up,” Schneider said. “So hopefully we can get him back into a game shortly. I think with the way he was throwing he’s definitely bummed. But I think he’s managed this before and we’re going to do everything we can to make sure he’s continuing to manage it.”
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