Their early-season struggles were similar. Their long-term objective is the same.
But, in a bid to save their seasons and vie for a place in the Dodgers’ October pitching plans, Bobby Miller
and Walker Buehler traveled divergent paths to improvement while attempting to reset their game over the last month.
Miller, the second-year right-hander battling the ill effects of a shoulder injury from earlier this season, hunkered down with Dodgers coaches after being optioned to the minor leagues before the All-Star break.
Buehler, on the other hand, went outside the organization amid a frustrating return from Tommy John surgery, spending time at a private training facility in Florida while on the injured list with a hip injury, before rejoining the team this week ahead of a minor-league rehab assignment.