Daniele Franceschi

Thank you.

That's the word for it.

Since we learned of the forearm tendonitis, last four starts, 12 and two-thirds innings across four starts, 19 earned runs, six homers allowed, he's walked seven batters compared to six strikeouts.

To me, that would indicate that, at least to some small extent, the forearm tendonitis has impacted his performance because the dude we saw in spring that showed up after spending two weeks on his couch at the start of spring training, jumped in midway through and came out throwing 95, 96 miles an hour, he's gone now.

He's gone.

And some of that is naturally...

Due to age and regression, but there's also a part of me that would just feel like, well, some of it's got to be attributed to the forearm not being 100%.

Even if he says no, and this is the other part of it that I'm actually most curious about when it comes to the overall Scherzer dynamic.

Are the Jays, is Pete Walker, John Schneider, do those guys feel like, and clearly it's their ball club, they're going to make decisions, but is there some element of, but it's the old dog, we've got to continue to ride him, right?

Like, what's the movie, is it majorly, the movie that Kevin Costner, where he pitched,

portrays the old wily veteran pitcher Detroit Tigers, and his final appearance happens at Yankee Stadium.

For the love of the game, thank you.

And it's like they almost to a fault have too much confidence.

It's a great movie.

It's a great movie.

I wonder if there's any part of, I don't want to call it intimidation, but if there's just this implicit trust that exists between John Schneider, Pete Walker, and Max Scherzer, almost to a fault.

Because I think we saw it unfold in real time with our very own eyes today.

He didn't have it.

And all of a sudden, what was a 5-0 game became a 5-3 game.

And then he kind of buried you with the two-run homer he gave up to Martinez for the second time.