Scherzer, 40, signed a one-year, $15.5 million deal to join the Blue Jays over the offseason. He battled injuries through his 2024 campaign with the Texas Rangers, making nine starts on the year as he recovered from an offseason back surgery, worked through the thumb issue and then a shoulder injury upon his return to the mound.

Toronto Blue Jays right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer recently received a second cortisone shot in his ailing right thumb, manager John Schneider told reporters Friday. Schneider said this shot was administered to a different area of the thumb's joint.