While all of the attention will be on the pitching matchup that pits one of the greatest pitchers from St. Louis, Toronto's Max Scherzer, against the Cardinals'

Veteran righty Max Scherzer has earned his reputation as something of an old-school pitcher. This is true in the baseball sense: Scherzer has led the league in innings pitched two separate times and continues to take pride in working deep into games in the era of third-time-through-the-order penalties and five-and-dive.

Opposite St. Louis-born Max Scherzer, lefty Quinn Mathews buzzsawed through All-Stars in the first inning before showing the Cardinals what they wanted to see: poise and stuff to escape trouble.

The Max Scherzer era has officially begun with the Toronto Blue Jays. After signing a one-year deal worth $15.5 million over the off-season, Scherzer made his highly-anticipated Grapefruit League debut on Tuesday against the St.