Bad time for a slump but how quick everyone forgets he was great the first 4 months of the season and without him we would have been behind the Mets at the end of July. And further out now. I didn't think it was a smart signing but let's face it the Nats rotation has been a mess all year. Strasburg sucked the first 4 months and/or was injured. (Of course now that he has had a couple of good starts he is back to being our ace according to several geniuses here.). Gio has been up and down. Fister awful. JZ has slipped. Without Max the team would not have been over .500 through July.
It isn't like Scherzer has been struggling for months. He hit a rough patch for sure. Every pitcher has off days. Unfortunately, he has actually been faltering with mechanics for a stretch of starts. Not what you want to see, especially from the Ace. Regardless, he did what you want from your Ace on a bad night and battled with what he had and gave the team the chance to win. He could have easily looked like his old self and still given up a couple of runs over 6+ innings in Coors field. While his pitching mechanics have been a concern, it certainly wasn't the issue with last night's game. That was the offense.
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