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Max Scherzer announced that he only does pitchers\u2019 fielding practice just twice a year: once in Spring Training, and once before the start of postseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, two days ahead of the Texas Rangers<\/a>\u2019 American League Championship Series match with the Houston Astros, Scherzer did PFPs at Globe Life Field, to signal his possible return to the mound. Now he will wait to hear what his next steps are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scherzer has been sidelined since September 13th with a low-grade strain of the teres major muscle in his right shoulder. He threw live batting practice Wednesday of about 65 pitches before following with a bullpen session and PFPs on Friday. If he was making the calls, Scherzer said he would be ready to go.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI recovered,\u201d Scherzer told reporters Friday. \u201cI checked all the boxes I possibly can. I\u2019m ready to go. I respect what Houston can do. They\u2019re obviously a great team.
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I\u2019ve got to bring my A-game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bought from the New York Mets at the Trade Deadline, Scherzer posted a 3.20 ERA across eight starts before ending up on the injured list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He continued his throwing program throughout the time he was on the IL, with hopes of returning if Texas made a deep run in the postseason.
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\u201cWe’ve been talking through this whole process with the doctors as well, about where we thought this should trend, what we should be feeling,\u201d Scherzer said. \u201cWe all have a hand in this, and we’re all trying to make the best decision possible.
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\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rangers\u2019 Manager Bruce Bochy did not address the media on Friday. But pitching coach Mike Maddux confirmed that Scherzer is indeed progressing in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very encouraged,\u201d Maddux said. \u201cHe threw I think 68 [pitches] against hitters and maintained his stuff. He didn’t skip a beat from one to 68. That was the encouraging part. He needs to sharpen up a little bit.
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But overall [it was] very encouraging, and the fact that he bounced back and played a good game of catch yesterday. We’re looking all thumbs up for today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If he is activated, Scherzer would probably be in a slot behind Game 1 starter Jordan Montogomery and Nathan Eovaldi in the rotation. The Rangers piggybacked Andrew Heaney and Dane Dunning to begin Game 1 of the AL Division Series against the Orioles after Montgomery and Eovaldi started the two matches in the Wild Card Series over the Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related MLB News:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MLB takes responsibility for revoking Jim McIngvale\u2019s first pitch opportunity<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Max Scherzer announced that he only does pitchers\u2019 fielding practice just twice a year: once in Spring Training, and once before the start of postseason. On Friday, two days ahead of the Texas Rangers\u2019 American League Championship Series match with the Houston Astros, Scherzer did PFPs at Globe Life Field, to signal his possible return to the mound. Now he will wait to hear what his next steps are. Scherzer has been sidelined since September 13th with a low-grade strain of the teres major muscle in his right shoulder. He threw live batting practice Wednesday of about 65 pitches before following with a bullpen session and PFPs on Friday. If he was making the calls, Scherzer said he would be ready to go.\u00a0 \u201cI recovered,\u201d Scherzer told reporters Friday. \u201cI checked all the boxes I possibly can. I\u2019m ready to go. I respect what Houston can do. They\u2019re obviously a great team. I\u2019ve got to bring my A-game.\u201d Bought from the New York Mets at the Trade Deadline, Scherzer posted a 3.20 ERA across eight starts before ending up on the injured list. He continued his throwing program throughout the time he was on the IL, with hopes of returning if Texas made a deep run in the postseason. \u201cWe’ve been talking through this whole process with the doctors as well, about where we thought this should trend, what we should be feeling,\u201d Scherzer said. \u201cWe all have a hand in this, and we’re all trying to make the best decision possible. \u201d Rangers\u2019 Manager Bruce Bochy did not address the media on Friday. But pitching coach Mike Maddux confirmed that Scherzer is indeed progressing in the right direction. \u201cWe\u2019re very encouraged,\u201d Maddux said. \u201cHe threw I think 68 [pitches] against hitters and maintained his stuff. He didn’t skip a beat from one to 68. That was the encouraging part. He needs to sharpen up a little bit. But overall [it was] very encouraging, and the fact that he bounced back and played a good game of catch yesterday. We’re looking all thumbs up for today.\u201d If he is activated, Scherzer would probably be in a slot behind Game 1 starter Jordan Montogomery and Nathan Eovaldi in the rotation. The Rangers piggybacked Andrew Heaney and Dane Dunning to begin Game 1 of the AL Division Series against the Orioles after Montgomery and Eovaldi started the two matches in the Wild Card Series over the Tampa Bay Rays. Related MLB News: MLB takes responsibility for revoking Jim McIngvale\u2019s first pitch opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nScherzer says: 'I'm ready to go' for Rangers in ALCS - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Max Scherzer has declared that he is ready to go for the Texas Rangers in the ALCS, as he recovers from an injury to his teres major muscle.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/scherzer-says-im-ready-to-go-for-rangers-in-alcs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scherzer says: 'I'm ready to go' for Rangers in ALCS - 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