Max Scherzer (thumb) pitched decently in his first minor league rehab start at Triple-A Buffalo on Friday night, giving up two runs on four hits over his 4 1/3 innings of work.
The 40-year-old right-hander struck out four batters on the night and didn’t walk a batter. His fastball averaged 91.9 mph in the contest and touched as high as 94 mph. Scherzer threw 56 pitches in the game, 39 of those for strikes while generating 11 swings and misses. The expectation is that he’ll need at least one additional minor league rehab start before he’s an option to join the Jays’ rotation.