Blue Jays place pitcher Scherzer on 15-day injured list with inflamed thumb [Video]

Right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer was placed on the 15-day injured list with right thumb inflammation by the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.

Scherzer will see a hand specialist on Monday and will miss at least one start. He was scheduled to pitch again on Friday.

The move was made less than 24 hours after the future Hall of Famer made his Blue Jays debut in a 9-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, leaving with right lat soreness that he said was a compensatory injury caused by the thumb inflammation.

Scherzer lasted only three innings, tossing 45 pitches, yielding two runs on three hits with a strikeout and no walks.

“He felt better than he thought he would today, which leads us to believe we probably did the right thing for him long-term [on Saturday,]” Toronto manager John Schneider said.

“He’s frustrated. He wants to pitch. Hopefully, this kind …