TORONTO – Max Scherzer is always thinking ahead so, knowing that he came out of his last start with right forearm tendinitis, he approaches after Saturday’s batting practice, points to a large bruise covering the area and proclaims, “that’s nothing.”

“This is a cupping situation — a vein burst and boom,” the Toronto Blue Jays righty, slated to start Sunday’s series finale versus the Minnesota Twins, explained. “I'm not sore there. That is not (connected to) the (tendinitis) issue.”

The bruise on the underside of his forearm is........

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