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Dodgers' top draft pick Walker Buehler to have season-ending Tommy John surgery

Baseball’s amateur draft was less than two months ago, and the first five rounds have yielded interesting early results for the Dodgers. How the draftees have fared (stats through Monday):

RHP Walker Buehler (1st round, 24th overall): Will have Tommy John surgery today, out for season

RHP Kyle Funkhouser (1a/35): Did not sign

RHP Josh Sborz (2b/74): Promoted to Low-A Great Lakes on Tuesday after two starts at Rookie-level Ogden

LHP Philip Pfeifer (3/101): Pitched one game for Rookie-level Ogden, currently nursing a sore elbow

2B Willie Calhoun (4/132): Promoted to Low-A Great Lakes after 38 games with Rookie-level Ogden

PHILADELPHIA >> To no one’s surprise, the Dodgers announced Tuesday that 2015 first-round draft pick Walker Buehler will undergo Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.