Max Scherzer is embracing the long road back. The three-time Cy Young Award winner allowed one run over two innings in his spring training debut with the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, flashing a little bit of the fire that has become his trademark during his 18-year career.

The stories of Max Scherzer’s ferocious intensity are legendary around baseball, a competitiveness that already is becoming contagious around the team he’ll soon begin to pitch for in his 18th Major League Baseball season.