In the bullpen before his Blue Jays debut, Max Scherzer felt that something wasn’t right. He gave manager John Schneider a heads-up before the game, asking that they work with him as he tried to pitch through this,

In his first start with the Toronto Blue Jays, Max Scherzer, 40, a two-time World Series champion who signed with the team in January, left after just three innings with right lat soreness, the club announced during its 9-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.

Max Scherzer seemed to have an issue with his thumb, which prompted Blue Jays manager John Schneider to pull the three-time Cy Young Award winner from a game in the third inning.