The Dodgers have issues with front-end starter Hisashi Iwakuma.
Iwakuma agreed to a three-year deal worth around $45 million on Dec. 6, but the 34-year-old failed his physical with the team, according to a report from the Jiji Press in Japan.
The Dodgers and Iwakuma could still rework their agreement.
A finger injury and a strained lat muscle limited Iwakuma to 20 starts last season, when he went 9-5 with a 3.54 ERA.
Iwakuma recorded the second ever no-hitter by a Japanese pitcher on Aug. 12 against the Orioles. In four major-league seasons he is 47-25 with a 3.17 ERA.
This offseason the Dodgers were outmaneuvered in their attempt to bring back free agent Zack Greinke, and their pursuit of closer Aroldis Chapman was stalled due to domestic violence incident.
