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The three-time Cy Young winner will make his New York Mets debut against the Washington Nationals on Friday.
He passed all the tests on his sore right leg in order to take the mound for the second game of the series.
You have to get in a game and manage the game. You just manage what you have, give it everything you have, and try to win.
Since they traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers midway through the 2021 season, Friday will be the first time that Scherzer has faced the Nationals. He spent six-and-a-half seasons with Washington, helping the club win a World Series title in 2019.
His former teammates are excited to face him, too, with All-Star Juan Soto telling reporters he will try his best not to strikeout against the veteran hurler.
The Nationals and Dodgers had 19 and 11 starts with the same man. He went 15-4 with a 2.46 ERA, 0.86 WHIP and 236 strikeouts. The Mets signed the right-handed pitcher to a three-year, $130 million contract in November.
Jacob deGrom will be out for at least the next four weeks with a stress reaction in his right scapula, so it will be a welcome sight for the Mets rotation.
Tylor Megill was tabbed as the Mets' opening day starter. In his 18 starts in 2021, he went 4-7 with a 4.52 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and 99 strikeouts.
New York has Chris Bassitt, Carlos Carrasco, and Taijuan Walker to hold down the rotation in the event that Scherzer has a problem.
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