Max Scherzer threw a bullpen session in spring training Monday for the Toronto Blue Jays, even before the reigning American League champions formally announced his return.

VERO BEACH, Fla. -- The memories came pouring out of Dusty Baker, as clear as they were when he lived them in vivid Dodger Blue decades earlier.

On just the second pitch he saw in his first at-bat of the day, the young shortstop hammered a hanging sweeper from St. Louis starter Kyle Leahy 408 feet to center field.