Bad news for the New York Mets: Max Scherzer, one of their best starting pitchers, is going to be sidelined for quite a while with an injury.
The Mets announced Thursday that Scherzer has an oblique strain, and will miss six to eight weeks while it heals.
Scherzer, 37, pulled himself out of his last start against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night, signaling to the dugout with two outs in the sixth inning. Buck Showalter and the training staff came out to the mound to speak with him, and then he exited the game.