Blue Jays' Max Scherzer remains focused and leads by example in Spring Training
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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Max Scherzer remains focused on the process early in spring training.
The seventeen-year veteran struck out four in his second start of the spring.
Physically, Scherzer feels stronger than he did early last year, when a nerve issue that bothered him from his thumb all the way through his triceps.
At this point in the spring, that's more important than the line score or the radar gun (Scherzer topped out at 93.5 m.p.h. while throwing 47 pitches).
Sportsnet's Ben Nicholson-Smith talked to Scherzer about his outing yesterday in Dunedin.
«I'm not taking anything from the results yet,» Scherzer said. «I'm looking at the process. Can I throw a four-seam (fastball) glove side? Can I throw a four-seam arm-side? It's little checkmarks and making sure you can do that.»
The first pitch of the outing on Sunday was a strike on the outside part of the plate. Nothing complicated or controversial about it. 0-1.
However Trea Turner, the Phillies shortstop who once won a World Series with Scherzer in Washington, didn't appear to see it that way.
Whether he'd heard Scherzer's recent critique of the spring challenge system isn't clear, but either way, Turner challenged the pitch, which was soon confirmed as a strike.
So was he messing with Scherzer?
«Of course,» the 40-year-old right-hander said with a laugh. «Not a doubt in my mind.»
«They're just messing with me.»
«Trea's obviously one of my favorite teammates of all-time,» Scherzer said. «We'll have a good laugh about it.»
SOURCE: Sportsnet
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