Max Scherzer made his final preseason start, before he takes the mound next Thursday in front of 5,000 fans in Nationals Park, pitching in a B-game in West Palm Beach, FL, facing Houston Astros’ minor leaguers. Scherzer, of course didn’t approach it like a B-game with minor leaguers. It didn’t matter that there were no fans in the stands on Saturday.
“You’ve got to mentally bring it in a B-game. A ‘B-game’ becomes an A-game in your mind, so that’s how you have to approach it,” the three-time Cy Young award winner said.
His final tune-up before his sixth Opening Day start in seven seasons in D.