{"id":667553,"date":"2026-04-07T03:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667553\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T03:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:24:25","slug":"blue-jays-rhp-max-scherzer-leaves-start-against-dodgers-after-two-innings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667553\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays RHP Max Scherzer leaves start against Dodgers after two innings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO (AP) \u2014 Blue Jays right-hander and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer left Monday\u2019s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after two innings because of forearm tendinitis.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old Scherzer, who <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/max-scherzer-blue-jays-contract-4b4839dba9cdb5cbe32322dabd84ce77\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">re-signed with Toronto in February<\/a>, allowed two runs and two hits.<\/p>\n<p>Scherzer said he\u2019s been sore for a couple of days and didn\u2019t feel any worse after his abbreviated outing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a major issue, just something that needs to be addressed,\u201d he said. \u201cMy mind is I\u2019m going to be making my next start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scherzer\u2019s fastball averaged 93.4 mph in a March 31 start against Colorado. That dropped to 92.1 mph in Monday\u2019s two innings against the Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez homered off Scherzer in the first, driving in Kyle Tucker.<\/p>\n<p>Left-hander Josh Fleming, who was selected from Triple-A Buffalo earlier Monday, took over in the third. <\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jays already have four starters on the injured list, including right-hander Cody Ponce. Last Monday, Ponce <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cody-ponce-toronto-blue-jays-7664126f7e217443b3b04daa6c208b55\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">left his first big league appearance since 2021 in the third inning after injuring his knee while pursuing an infield grounder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Right-handers Trey Yesavage (shoulder), Jose Berrios (elbow) and Shane Bieber (elbow) are all working their way back from injuries and have yet to pitch this season.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Blue Jays signed 36-year-old left-hander Patrick Corbin to a one-year contract. Corbin started for Single-A Dunedin on Saturday, allowing one run in five innings. <\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO (AP) \u2014 Blue Jays right-hander and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer left Monday\u2019s game against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,2178,54086,387,59036,29,57,381,4,256,444,1271,185,1528,282,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-667553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-cody-ponce","11":"tag-jose-berrios","12":"tag-josh-fleming","13":"tag-kyle-tucker","14":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","15":"tag-max-scherzer","16":"tag-mlb","17":"tag-mlb-baseball","18":"tag-patrick-corbin","19":"tag-shane-bieber","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-teoscar-hernandez","22":"tag-toronto","23":"tag-toronto-blue-jays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116361289161308630","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}