Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez made it all-but official earlier this week, once Max Scherzer got through a second simulated outing and felt good coming out of the 64-pitch sim game against his own teammates.
Barring any setbacks, the Nats’ 35-year-old, three-time Cy Young award-winning ace would start the series finale with the Pittsburgh Pirates in PNC Park.
“He felt good, talked to him in the weight room, everything went according to plan, so the plan is that he’s ready for Thursday,” Martinez told reporters.
As well as the Nationals have done with Scherzer starting just twice since the start of July (26-16 since July 1st), the return of the Nats’ ace, who’ll take the mound with a 10-outing unbeaten streak going, over which he’s put up a 1.