He’s Walker Buehler. I’m not sure how good your short-term memory is, but he threw the last pitch of the season that just passed, against the New York Yankees, to close out the Dodgers’ game 5 World Series victory. Yes, he’s a defending World Series champion! He’d been working on a Hall of Very Good claim as a 2-time champion and 2-time All-Star who also finished in the top-10 of the Cy Young voting twice. But he’s now one year removed from missing an entire season due to what was originally treated as bone spurs in his elbow but ended up requiring a second Tommy John surgery.
Meet The New Guy: Walker Buehler
