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Jays’ Max Scherzer: Forearm preventing him from ‘ramping up’

By Thomson Reuters May 6, 2026 | 1:33 PM

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer told reporters Wednesday that his injured forearm isn’t ​responding as well as ‌he would have hoped.

Scherzer, 41, acknowledged as much after a throwing session at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, ‌Fla. ​The three-time Cy ⁠Young Award winner ⁠was placed on the 15-day injured list April 27 due to left ankle inflammation and ​right forearm tendinitis.

“Got to talk to more doctors and figure ⁠it out,” he ⁠said of his forearm ​issue. “The foot, I’m not worried about. ​My concern is more on ‌this forearm, because now we’ve given it enough time outside of a start, like I ⁠should be ramping back up.”

Scherzer is 1-3 with a 9.64 ERA in five ⁠games (all ‌starts) this season, his ⁠19th in the majors. ​He ‌has a career record ​of 222-120 ⁠with a 3.26 ERA in 488 games (479 starts) for seven teams. He is one strikeout shy of 3,500 for his career.

–Field ​Level Media