WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The reigning Cy Young Award winner may not be ready for Opening Day.
Washington Nationals starter Max Scherzer worked off to the side on Thursday during the team’s first spring workout. The stress fracture in the bottom knuckle of his right ring finger has caused a delayed start to his spring throwing program. Scherzer threw a tennis ball and lacrosse ball in the offseason, and a baseball recently, after an MRI in December revealed the stress fracture in his knuckle.
“For me, I’m just glad we look on the MRI and we see the little line that was in there in my knuckle, it’s gone,” Scherzer said.