Blue Jays Pitching Crisis: Scherzer's Early Exit

0:00It's April 7, I'm Cory with the story, and this is MLB News Today Baseball News, powered by AI. Max Scherzer got pulled after just two innings and 36 pitches against the Dodgers on Monday 9. His fastball velocity dipped early, and he gave up a two-run homer to Teoscar Hernandez. No clear injuries showed on the mound, but manager John Schneider ended it before the top of the third. A flu bug has been hitting the Blue Jays Clubhouse hard. Derek Lauer dealt with it over the weekend in Chicago, and after pushing his star back a day, he only lasted two innings himself. The rotation is already banged up with four starters on the injured list. That includes Trey Yessivage, with a right shoulder issue, Shane Bieber, with right elbow inflammation, Jose Barrios, nursing a right elbow stress, fracture, and Cody Ponds out with a right ACL sprain. The bullpins picking up way too much slack, burning through pitchers way too soon. Over the weekend in Chicago, Lazaro Estrada threw four scoreless innings in bulk relief

1:02on Saturday, before getting sent back to Triple A Buffalo. Then Austin Voth handled two and two-thirds innings on Sunday, but he was designated for assignment Monday to clear space for Josh Fleming, who stepped in after Scherzer. We'll hear more on Scherzer's condition soon, but these pitching troubles have the Blue Jays scrambling to stay afloat.