Max Scherzer dealing with 'multiple blisters,' oblique injury

New York Mets starting pitcher Max Scherzer is banged up. Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer dealing with 'multiple blisters' in addition to oblique injury

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated 5/19/22

Despite being without four-time All-Star starting pitcher Jacob deGrom all season thus far , the New York Mets haven't missed a beat, racing out to a 25-14 start this spring. They lead the NL East over the second-place Philadelphia Phillies by a whopping six games already.

The Mets may soon lose their co-ace, fellow multi-Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer, as well. The major offseason acquisition is dealing with multiple injuries. Scherzer removed himself from his start Wednesday night against the St. Louis Cardinals due to left side discomfort, and while the team is still awaiting results from his Thursday morning MRI, the early indications and rumors don't sound promising.

Max Scherzer (left side injury) underwent his MRI this morning as scheduled. The Mets are waiting for all the appropriate doctors to read it before issuing an update.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 19, 2022

Max Scherzer does indeed have an oblique injury. That injury can have a wide variance for time missed. No official word yet but it can take a month, or more, in many cases #mets
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) May 19, 2022

In addition to the left-side injury that knocked him out of last night's game, Max Scherzer has been pitching through multiple blisters on his pitching hand his last two starts, according to Buck Showalter.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 19, 2022

Scherzer has been one of the more durable starters in the league since breaking in during the 2008 MLB season. He ranks third among active pitchers in innings pitched at 2,586 1/3. The only season since 2009 in which he didn't record at least 30 starts, aside from the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign, was 2019, when he made 27 starts.

The eight-time All-Star has led the league in WHIP five times, wins four times, complete games and strikeouts three times apiece, and innings pitched twice. Scherzer is 5-1 with a 2.54 ERA and 0.95 WHIP through 49 2/3 innings pitched covering eight starts in 2022.

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