The Nationals Using Max Scherzer as a Short Reliever is Actually Just Unfair

Baseball fans across America were left stunned when Max Scherzer strutted out of the Washington Nationals bullpen to pitch the eighth inning of Game 2 in the NLDS. After all, the three-time Cy Young threw close to 100 pitches in five innings of work during the Wild Card game on Tuesday and was (or is) in line to start Game 3 for the Nats.

As we know, Washington's bullpen was one of the worst in baseball in 2019, and skipper Dave Martinez took no chances with his club up 4-2 with just two innings left to play.

Sherz rewarded his manager's faith and was utterly un-hittable, setting down the Dodgers in order and striking out the side. Just check out the sheer filth he had working with his fastball and slider that he bamboozled Gavin Lux.

That actually unfair and we'd like to extend our condolences to the Dodgers rookie. He didn't stand a chance.

Los Angeles probably fancied their chances at making a comeback after they mustered a run off left-hander Sean Doolittle in the bottom of the seventh-- the frame after the impeccable Stephen Strasburg was removed.

Witnessing Scherzer emerge from the Nats bullpen to take the bump in the eighth likely served as one of the worst buzzkills of all-time. Martinez only asked his ace to go one inning, but Mad Max looked as sharp and poignant as ever, especially his world-beating slider that featured extraordinarily awesome English.

It remains to be seen how often Scherz will be available in relief considering how much the club will ask of him during his starts, but if he can be this dominating on just two days of rest, it's an experiment worth trifling with so long as the Nats are still kicking in the postseason.