Exclusive: Max Scherzer says he didn't snub Dodgers because of 'overcooked' arm

LOS ANGELES — Hours before Major League Baseball imposed a lockout at the beginning of the month, initiating the league's first work stoppage in 26 years, Max Scherzer was introduced as the newest member of the New York Mets over Zoom.

Scherzer intended to not talk about the Dodgers, who had acquired him for the final three months of the 2021 season. He declined to comment if the Dodgers had made him an offer before he signed a three-year, $130 million deal to pitch in Queens. He did, however, address the disappointing ending to his time in Los Angeles when he was scratched from his start in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves.

In the news conference, Scherzer said he took time to examine the variables that led to him notifying his bosses that he