Texas Rangers pitcher Max Scherzer was removed from Tuesday night’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays with what the team has said was triceps spasms.
Scherzer had been cruising when, with one out in the sixth inning, he threw a pitch to Bo Bichette and then reacted on the mound. Mike Maddux, Bruce Bochy, and the trainer all went out to the mound, and after Scherzer started twice to throw a phantom pitch, and stopped, he left the game. Jose Leclerc came in in relief.
I initially thought it was a lower body issue, and speculated it was groin tightness, based on how he appeared initially.