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Injured Max Scherzer may not be ready for start of Nationals season

Published Feb. 16, 2017 3:51 p.m. ET

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Lindsey Foltin

There is growing concern at Washington Nationals camp that their ace Max Scherzer may not be ready for the start of the regular season.




The right-hander was diagnosed with what the club called a "stress fracture in the knuckle of his right ring finger" in December.

https://twitter.com/federalbaseball/status/832318241087299584

Back in January, Scherzer took to social media to address the injury and express his disappointment for missing the World Baseball Classic, via Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Max_Scherzer/status/818594793500643328

But at Nationals camp in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Scherzer told reporters that he was unsure he would be ready for the start of the season.

https://twitter.com/chelsea_janes/status/832284065227276288

Manager Dusty Baker is thinking of alternative plans in case Scherzer isn't ready.

https://twitter.com/chelsea_janes/status/832294189941583873

https://twitter.com/chelsea_janes/status/832296120856502273

Scherzer, the 2016 National League Cy Young winner, was 20-7 with a 2.96 ERA in 228-plus innings in 2016. He struck out 284 batters, including a spectacular 20-strikeout performance against the Detroit Tigers on May 11.

There was some good news at Nationals camp as Stephen Straburg looked ready to return after an injury-marred 2016 campaign.

https://twitter.com/chelsea_janes/status/832251132844113922



 

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