Washington manager Dave Martinez knows seeing Max Scherzer pitch Friday at Nationals Park in his brand new Mets uniform will feel weird.
“For me to see him for the first time in that uniform, it’s going to sting a little bit,” Martinez said before opening day Thursday.
Martinez added that the “memories” of Scherzer’s six-and-a-half seasons as a National will “never go away.”
Scherzer was one of the best pitchers in baseball for his entire tenure in the District, making six All-Star Games, winning back-to-back Cy Young Awards in 2016 and 2017 and leading the Nationals to the World Series title in 2019.