Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer delivers a pitch against the Boston Red Sox in a September game at Rogers Centre.

When the Toronto Blue Jays signed three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer to a one-year, US$15-million contract in February, Thursday’s upcoming game was the kind of opportunity they envisioned.

Scherzer will start Game 4 of the American League Championship Series in Seattle against the Mariners, his first postseason appearance in a Jays uniform.

The Jays left the 41-year-old, two-time World Series champion off the roster for the best-of-five AL Division Series against the Yankees. So he used the time to get healthy and tune up his stuff. Now in a best-of-seven series, they want more starters in the rotation, and they are leaning on Scherzer’s postseason experie

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