Max Scherzer feels healthy and under control in first spring appearance
Jesse Dougherty, The Washington Post
March 5, 2021
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Max Scherzer threw 38 pitches in Friday night's spring debut against the Cardinals. "I was trying to be really under control tonight," Scherzer said. "Get my pitches in, and then really start to focus on dialing up the intensity in the starts after this."Washington Post photo by Toni L. Sandys
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Is it really spring here before Max Scherzer climbs the mound, rocks into his windup and, after unleashing a pitch, grunts into a quiet Florida evening? And is it spring for Scherzer until, upon doing so, he has to face questions about how some body part feels?