LOS ANGELES — The Mets had the right idea in making Max Scherzer the highest-salaried pitcher of his generation three years ago.

It was easy to envision Scherzer as a co-ace to Jacob deGrom fronting a championship rotation. But the problem with that $130 million contract was the execution.

Rather than being the final Cooperstown-worthy piece for a title run, Scherzer’s Flushing legacy ultimately is one of failure , yet he’s managed to get back on a World Series mound, at age 41, as the Blue Jays’ Game 3 starter Monday night at Chavez Ravine.

Stranger still is how it happened. Scherzer said among the primary reasons he wound up with Toronto this season — other than the $15.5 million — was the recruitment by one of his former Mets’ rotation mates, Chris Bassitt.

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