What It Means:

Scherzer continues to deal with a stress fracture in the knuckle of his right ring finger that bothered him down the stretch last season. It's not too big of a concern at this point, and Scherzer is expected to throw his first bullpen session within the next few days.

Scherzer dealt a 2.96 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and 31.5 percent strikeout rate across 34 regular season starts last season (228 1/3 innings).