The Texas Rangers placed Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list following December surgery on a herniated disk rather than the 60-day injured list, fueling hope that he might be able to return sooner this season than initially suspected.
"It's kind of early February for me right now," he told reporters Thursday regarding where he would be in his prep work during a normal offseason. "Just have to come in and continue to do the rehab, do the process, and hopefully I'm back out there sooner than later."
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