Mets Max Scherzer returns from Illinois Tuesday vs. Reds

New York (AP) — Max Scherzer will return to the New York Mets rotation in Cincinnati on Tuesday after being missing for more than a month on a tense left diagonal.

Scherzer, who won the Cy Young Award three times, resigned due to diagonal tension while playing against St. Louis on May 18.

“Looking at the time frame of this injury in much history, looking at the regular timeline with other people with this injury, he meets all the criteria,” said Mets manager Buck.・ Buck Showalter said. Friday.

Scherzer began rehabing the Double A Binghamton Rumble Pony, throwing 80 pitches against Hartford Yard Goats on Wednesday. The right-handed player allowed 3 runs (2 goals) and 4 hits in 4.2 innings, hit 8 and walked 1.

“I have a much better understanding of what this is,” Scherzer said on Friday. “I definitely crossed that 6-week timeline, so you feel more confident. You feel it’s starting to get into my rear-view mirror.”

Scherzer also threw 65 pitches for Binghamton vs. Reading on June 20th, allowing two runs and three hits in 3.1 innings with six strikeouts and one walk.

After signing a three-year contract with the highest average salary for baseball, $ 130 million, Scherzer has an ERA of 2.54 and 6-2 on eight starts of his first season with Mets.

New York scratched Chris Bassitt from the beginning against the Texas Rangers on Friday night and put the pitcher on the injured list for private reasons.

Showalter hinted that a right-handed person was dealing with COVID-19.

“It’s generally society,” said Shaw Alter. “We have acquired people of all life walks who have to deal with this. So why are we something different?”

Mets announced the move about four hours before the scheduled opening ceremony, with David Peterson starting in place of Bassitt. Shawalter said he learned that Peterson was on the mound on Friday and had a day off to prepare with pitching coach Jeremy Hefner.

Bassitt is 6-5, scoring 4.01 ERA in 15 starts since he got it from Auckland on March 12. He pitched last Saturday and allowed three runs in seven innings in Miami.

To replace Bassitt on the roster, New York chose a right-handed RJ Alvarez deal from Triple A Syracuse. Alvarez is 3-3 and Syracuse has 20 appearances and ERA is 2.49.

Alvarez achieved 7.39 ERA in 31 career appearances in San Diego and Auckland, and was the last major player in Padres on September 29, 2015.