Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer threw off a mound against ... It hurts to grip the ball. The critical thing I’ve learned over the years here is that your thumb is absolutely critical ...

Max Scherzer is now with a ... he is currently experiencing pain when he grips the ball. “My thumb hurts. It hurts to grip the ball,” said Scherzer, per Keegan Matheson of MLB.com.

It’s what has made Max Scherzer great. But when he visited Starkville this week to talk about robot umps and the fascinating spring training experiment with the ball-strike challenge system ...

MLB is experimenting with an Automated Ball-Strike challenge system in roughly ... Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer delivered a curveball low in the zone to Cardinals designated hitter JJ Wetherholt.