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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer makes some important comments on his thumb
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The Toronto Blue Jays got the win over the Athletics yesterday with Max Scherzer on the mound for his first win as a Blue Jay and he made some important comments on his thumb after the game.
The Blue Jays have some worries surrounding Scherzer since he has struggled this season with his thumb injury and since it still bothers him, many worry that he will not be able to last the entire season.
Max Scherzer speaks on his thumb after win over the Athletics
Scherzer was on the mound for Toronto yesterday and finished up with 8 strikeouts, while giving up 3 earned runs and 5 hits in 6 innings pitched to get the Blue the 7-6 win.
After the game Scherzer stated that he expects more of this type of play from himself and believe that he could push past this thumb injury and that it will not hold him back from pitching how he need to pitch to help the Blue Jays win.
«I'm physically good,» he said. "I know I can pitch like this. It's been a thumb injury. It's so stupid. But I've been dealing with it. This is how I can pitch. It's just a thumb injury. I'm not dealing with systemic injuries here." -Scherzer
Scherzer also added that after the start his thumb is starting to feel really good and he believes he can get on a roll after last night's start.
As for the thumb, Scherzer said it came out of the start «pretty well» and believes he can now get on a roll where «everything's really good.» -Nicholson-Smith
Clearly Scherzer is liking his time in Toronto as he stated that he loves the fact that this teams wants to win which is pushing him to be the best pitcher he can be on the mound for Toronto.
«I'm happy about this,» Scherzer said. «You come to the park, you want to win. You want to be the pitcher that wins. You want to go out there and deliver zeros.» -Scherzer
While Scherzer is not the pitcher he once was, he clearly can still deliver at an elite level when he is not in pain which was on full display last night.
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