An ankle sprain slowed Max Scherzer at the start of Spring Training, but the 36-year-old right-hander passed all tests, and alleviated any concerns, and last night he took the hill against the St. Louis Cardinals in West Palm Beach, FL for his first appearance of the ‘21 Grapefruit League season.
Before the game, Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez talked about what the plan was for the first outing of the spring for Scherzer.
“He’s going to — we’re going to try to get him to 30-35 pitches, two innings. And then we’ll go from there,” Martinez explained.