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The Rangers will have a hard-throwing right-hander on the mound Saturday afternoon as they go for the series win against the visiting Kansas City Royals. Only it won’t be the one many Texas fans hoped for.
Multiple media outlets reported earlier this week that three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer would make his 2024 season debut Saturday, but Texas manager Bruce Bochy said Friday that Jon Gray would get the start instead.
Scherzer, who had offseason back surgery and also was battling a nerve issue in his thumb, has made three rehab starts for Triple-A Round Rock, allowing six runs in 11 innings (4.91 ERA) while striking out 17. So what gives? “We just want to make sure nothing is wrong.
That’s all,” Bochy said. The manager added that the team would evaluate Scherzer again on Saturday and that he might start the finale of the three-game set against Kansas City on Sunday.
Gray (2-3, 3.31 ERA) will try to bounce back from a 14-2 loss to the New York Mets on Monday during which he allowed nine runs and 11 hits, both matching his career high, in three-plus innings. Afterward, he hinted that he may have been tipping off his pitches.
“My stuff was really good,” Gray said. “I thought I threw the ball really good. But I don’t care how nasty it is, I don’t care if it’s 110 miles per hour, if they know it’s coming, they know it’s coming. “I tried to do a lot of different things just to try and throw them off. But it seemed like they still knew it was coming. So I don’t really know. It’s a shame, I guess. I mean, that’s baseball, right?
