Coming off a career-high in innings pitched last year, the Los Angeles Dodgers slow-played Walker Buehler in Spring Training. Toward the end of the spring it was revealed another reason for that was that Buehler’s arm wasn’t feeling quite 100% when he reported to Camelback Ranch.
Nevertheless, Buehler was only able to pitch in one Spring Training game, and so far through three regular-season starts, he has not looked like himself.
Buehler had another rough outing on Thursday afternoon against the St. Louis Cardinals, allowing five hits and five runs in four innings while striking out five and walking two.