Max Scherzer came to Washington with a Cy Young award and World Series experience, yet somehow he surpassed expectations through the first half of the 2015 season.
So, on Tuesday night when he lasted just 4 2/3 innings and gave up five earned runs in a loss to the Cincinnati Reds, his struggles were not only uncharacteristic, they were very surprising.
Every once in a while, on the rarest of nights, professional MLB hitters can expose Scherzer as a mere mortal? You don’t say.
“I mean, Max is a human being, still,” Clint Robinson said. “There’s still a reason he goes up there and competes.