But Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi had just been hired as Dodgers baseball bosses. They were new, facing a daunting remodeling job, and Scherzer just wasn't a priority. First, with Kershaw and Zack Greinke leading the rotation, they weren't sure they could justify the seven years and $210 million that it would eventually take to sign Scherzer. Second, their attention was taken by what they felt were more pressing needs, like the trading of Matt Kemp and the signing of back-end starters Brett Anderson and Brandon McCarthy to fill out the rotation.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 21, 2018 06:09 UTC