Dodgers Swing All-Time Deadline Triumph With Scherzer-Turner Trade

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For a few hours on Thursday, it sounded as if the Padres might finalize a deal for Nationals ace Max Scherzer—just the sort of big, splashy move that the team has become known for in the hands of general manager A.J. Preller, and one that seemed like it might push them past the Dodgers in the NL West.

For a few hours.

Then the Dodgers came through with a bigger, splashier move, trading for Scherzer and All-Star shortstop Trea Turner, all at once shoring up their rotation, adding a versatile defender and putting one of the biggest deadline prizes out of reach for a division competitor.