Blue Jays' Scherzer says sore right thumb feeling better after cortisone injection

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 02, 2025 10:35 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer said Tuesday helium hopes to beryllium capable to play drawback successful the adjacent fewer days pursuing a cortisone injection to dainty his sore close thumb.

The three-time Cy Young grant victor visited a manus specializer successful the United States connected Monday and received the injection earlier returning to Toronto, wherever helium was successful the dugout for a 5-2 triumph implicit Washington.

Scherzer near his debut commencement with the Blue Jays against Baltimore connected Saturday aft 3 innings due to the fact that of soreness successful his close lat muscle. He said aft the crippled that his thumb contented was to blasted for that soreness. On Tuesday, Scherzer said his lat soreness was gone.

Toronto enactment the 40-year-old Scherzer connected the 15-day injured database Sunday due to the fact that of close thumb inflammation. Last month, Scherzer had a outpouring grooming commencement pushed backmost due to the fact that of thumb pain.

Baltimore's Colton Cowser enactment Scherzer successful an aboriginal spread Saturday with a 417-foot thrust to halfway connected the 2nd transportation of the game. That was 1 of 2 first-inning homers against Scherzer.

Scherzer signed a 1 year, $15.5-million US declaration with the Blue Jays successful February. He went 2-4 with a 3.95 earned-run mean successful 9 starts for Texas past season, starting the twelvemonth connected the injured database portion recovering from little backmost surgery.

He besides had a stint connected the IL with enarthrosis fatigue and didn't transportation aft Sept. 14 due to the fact that of a near hamstring strain.