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The Ace of the Rumble Ponies Is Ready to Return to Queens

Max Scherzer got in some rehab work with a minor league team and is set to rejoin the Mets — a team that forgot how to hit while he was away.

Max Scherzer threw 80 pitches for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies on Wednesday in what is expected to be his last rehab start before returning to the majors.Credit...Yehyun Kim for The New York Times

HARTFORD, Conn. — An ace right-hander with 3,000 strikeouts and a Hall of Fame résumé took the mound at Citi Field on Wednesday afternoon.