Max Scherzer exchanged some intense handshakes with Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo and Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez once he was done throwing 64 pitches over four innings in his second sim game in Nationals Park on Saturday afternoon.
It looks like it will be Scherzer’s last simulated outing as he works his way back from a mild rhomboid strain.
“He felt good,” Martinez told reporters, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman, once the 35-year-old, three-time Cy Young award winner was done with his work on the mound. “He’s a little bit ornery, but that’s a good thing.