Is Max hurt?

[roger_that]

Where do you come down on this question, whether Max's recent disastrous outings are due to him having some undisclosed (oblique?) injury or just bad luck cropping up at the worst possible moment?



If he is hurting, but won't own up to it, for whatever reasons, what do you do if you are Buck, assuming of course that the Mets advance from the SD series? Do you pull him at an early sign that he doesn't have it? A very early sign? Or do you treat him like your sureshot HOF starter and ride him longer than you'd ride any other horse?

[Frayed Knot]

It's not like he hasn't had a penchant for HRs before.

We here would gleefully revel In it when he was in opposing colors.

[Ceetar]

I don't think _Max_ is hiding anything from the Mets. Them all hiding it from us? Probably.



The Mets have been pretty mum about injuries, and pretty poor about managing them, this year, recently, in general. Obliques are one of those things that linger, and it's possible the Mets rushed him back. I mean, they rushed James McCann back, and it's freaking James McCann.



Friday was probably an aberration though. wind blowing out (and who knows what MLB did to the balls). Maybe he's not at peak Scherzer, but I'm still confident the next time he pitches.



I think Scherzer takes his Toradol/shots and toughs it out. If they win tonight, bring him back on short rest so he can pitch twice.

[vtmet7]

is a hurt Max still better than the alternative? likely yes...as Marte said, everyone is playing with pain this time of year

[roger_that]

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is a hurt Max still better than the alternative? likely yes...as Marte said, everyone is playing with pain this time of year

[Edgy MD]

I think he's sore.



I also don't think his two most recent outings were disastrous.

[Lefty Specialist]

I'm not a psychologist, but I DID stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.



Max is still stinging from not being able to go for the Dodgers when they really needed him last year. I think he's still hurting from the oblique but is damned if he's not going to pitch. Therefore, he's going out there compromised. He and Buck really need to have a heart-to-heart if they make it to the next round.



They showed Max wincing as he was warming up before the game. So he decided to gut it out, with sub-par results.



DeGrom is not 100% either, as he's apparently having trouble with his control.



My .02, your mileage may vary.

[roger_that]

Lefty Specialist wrote: He and Buck really need to have a heart-to-heart if they make it to the next round.

And say what?



If I'm Buck, I go, "If you're hurting, I'm going to take you out at the first sign of the Dodgers getting to you, and I'm going to have another starter warming up just in case before that point. Season's on the line here, and I can't take a risk if you're getting banged around. But if you're good to go, and there aren't physical issues to be concerned about, I'm going to keep you out there as long as possible. Which is it?"

[Edgy MD]

I don't want to make too much of this, but aren't you off the bandwagon anyhow?

[whippoorwill]

I think he's back on

[roger_that]

Edgy MD wrote: I don't want to make too much of this, but aren't you off the bandwagon anyhow?

no, rooting for the Padres yesterday seems to have worked out for everyone, so I'm back on.

[Edgy MD]

Please let us know next time. I'm not sure your seat hasn't already gone to someone else, so you might have to stand for a while.