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Pfeifer's triumph through adversity impressed Dodgers

LOS ANGELES -- After loading up on players with barely a blemish in the first day of the Draft, new Dodgers management opened Tuesday's session taking a player who had failed a drug test.

But director of amateur scouting Billy Gasparino said the Dodgers believe they know exactly what they are getting in left-handed pitcher Philip Pfeifer and couldn't be happier about it.

Dodgers draft Pfeifer No. 101
Dodgers draft Pfeifer No. 101 The Dodgers select left-handed pitcher Phillip Pfeifer with the 101st pick of the 2015 MLB Draft

"We're comfortable with his background, having talked to his coach and talking to the kid and the background work we do," said Gasparino.