Turner's troll job came five days after Scherzer said he was a "little skeptical" about the ABS challenge system after several appeals went against him in his spring debut. "We're humans. Can we just be judged by humans?" Scherzer added ( via The Athletic ). Turner noticed and made sure to mess with his pal at the first opportunity.

Somebody bet Trea Turner during stretches -- it might have been Phillies second baseman Bryson Stott -- that he would not challenge Max Scherzer’s first pitch in Sunday afternoon’s Grapefruit League game at TD Ballpark.

Unfortunately for Scherzer, Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner read all about it. So on Sunday, as Scherzer to

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The distance separating them now, however, doesn't mean one can't have a little fun with the other from time to time—as Turner did with Scherzer Sunday. Stepping in to take the