Instead of sulking over his 10-game suspension, Max Scherzer has chosen to view it as a positive.
“I am not commenting on that,” Scherzer said. “I don’t even know.”USA TODAY Sports via Reuters ConScherzer said he’s heard from “a lot” of pitchers across MLB since his suspension, but declined to say what the overall tone of the messages has been.
Before the end of next week, the Mets may have a rotation in which Scherzer and Justin Verlander have pitched together for the first time since their respective Tigers tenures.“[Verlander] is going to help us out and provide some depth and hopefully take some load off the bullpen and get us going,” Scherzer said. “He is a big piece of what we can do. It looks like he had a good rehab start and let’s get him out there and get him healthy.
As a thank you to the fans, the Mets will distribute a voucher to anybody who held a ticket for Friday’sThe voucher can be used for any Monday-Thursday game at Citi Field , subject to availability. The digital voucher will be loaded into each attending patron’s My Mets ticket account and will be accessible Saturday morning.The franchise record for April RBIs is held by Jeff Kent, who had 26 in 1994.
Jeff McNeil was 17-for-41 with .489 on-base percentage in his previous 11 games entering Friday. McNeil had multiple hits in three of his last four games.
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