Jays pitcher Max Scherzer day to day after receiving cortisone injection to thumb

TORONTO — The pain of a cortisone injection to his ailing thumb isn’t what has Max Scherzer hurting.
“It doesn’t feel good,” he said of the injection, “but you’ll take any pain to get out there. The pain’s not the problem. The pain is not being able to pitch and be out there. That’s what stinks … Not playing is the worst part.”
The 40-year-old pitcher lasted three innings in his Toronto Blue Jay debut Saturday, then shut it down