Wednesday, Haase homered off Scherzer at Comerica Park.Īnd as he snapped his power drought, Haase reminded what he can mean to this lineup: Max Scherzer is dealing with a lingering injury.After usually-pretty-solid Adam Ottavino blew the lead in the eighth inning of the first game en route to a 6-5 loss, Max Scherzer came back from his suspension and gave up six runs on eight hits in just 3 1/3 innings in the second game, and Detroit won 8-1.Įric Haase hit one home run in each game, bringing his total for the season to … two.Įric Haase grew up watching Max Scherzer pitch for the Tigers. Through Sunday, they had gotten the second-lowest amount of innings out of their starters this season (170 ¹/₃), according to Fangraphs. He attributed the decrease in his fastball velocity to being due to managing the back and making sure he didn’t aggravate it.Īs general manager Billy Eppler noted last week, Scherzer has shown an ability in other appearances this season to still throw hard and expressed no concern about whether the 38-year-old would return to form - blaming his struggles in part on an irregular workload due to injury and the suspension.īut Eppler acknowledged that perhaps the most surprising aspect of the Mets slow start to the season has been the underperformance of their starting rotation.Īfter another poor outing by a starter in Sunday’s loss to Colorado - this time from Joey Lucchesi, pitching on three days’ rest because of a lack of suitable options - the Mets found their rotation toward the bottom of the league in several categories.
In the start against the Tigers, Scherzer’s velocity dipped on his four-seam fastball and his spin rates were down. You’ve got to go out there and perform, so I get it.” But this is the big leagues and no one cares if you’re hurt. I’m fighting through this and doing everything I can. “I’m trying like hell not to join the IL. “Just don’t break,” Scherzer said of his goal while pitching in his current condition. With the Mets already dealing with injuries in their rotation to Carlos Carrasco (elbow) - scheduled to make a rehab start with Double-A Binghamton on Tuesday - and Jose Quintana (rib), as well as Justin Verlander just coming back from a teres major strain, Scherzer believes it’s more beneficial for him to pitch while not 100 percent healthy than take time off. I’ve learned from that and I’m trying like hell to not have that happen.” “That’s how bad this can get,” Scherzer said. Max Scherzer was hit hard in the Mets’ loss to the Tigers on May 3, 2023. Still, he’s not completely healthy and spent several weeks on the IL in 2019 with the Nationals with a similar - but more serious - injury to the area. “The first part of progress of getting through an injury is being able to pitch and not get hurt.” “That outing sucked, but I didn’t get hurt,” Scherzer said. It didn’t look good, with Scherzer pounded with six runs coming on eight hits and two homers in Detroit in his first start back from a 10-game suspension for using a banned substance. “I’m in a good spot … I’m not going backward, I’m moving forward. “I’m doing everything I can to get through this without having it linger through the rest of the season,” Scherzer said before the team left for the road trip. When Max Scherzer takes the mound on Tuesday in Cincinnati in an attempt to turn the Mets - and his own - season around, he’ll be doing so while still pitching with discomfort below his right scapula, around his shoulder blade. Mets star drops F-bomb in on-field interview after emotional homer Mets’ influx of young power bats may be just what they need for turnaround Top Mets prospect belts big homer after call-up from minors Mets likely to face Gary Sanchez decision in couple of days
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