TORONTO – Max Scherzer’s right forearm isn’t responding to last week’s cortisone shot as quickly as he’d hoped. He received a second injection Monday, this one into his right thumb, after the troublesome digit flared up when he paused his keyboard work to protect the forearm, which is at the root of his troubles.

“I'm not able to get a throwing program going, that's what stinks,” he said Tuesday before the Toronto Blue Jays fell 7-6 in 10 innings to the Tampa Bay Rays, their third straight loss.

“I'm talking to so many different pitchers right now to figure out how to get through this, describing what my symptoms are. Because the craziest thing here is there's nothing, the MRI is clean, there are no strains. A few guys have had similar-type things like this, and how do you get out of this, what do you do in this situation to get through it. Trying to figure out what I've got to do.”

That applies to the Blue Jays and the rotation, as well, as they continue........

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