All the talk coming out of Max Scherzer’s start against the Philadelphia Phillies in Citizens Bank Park this past week, was about the new protocols for monitoring the use of foreign substances, and Philly skipper Joe Girardi’s decision to call for additional scrutiny of the Washington Nationals’ three-time Cy Young award winner.
Scherzer, who held the Phillies to a run on two hits in five innings of work in that outing, walked three and struck out eight in a 106-pitch effort.
“I think early he wasn’t trying to step on it,” manager Davey Martinez explained, “.