Saturday night, Dodgers’ top prospect Walker Buehler made his Cactus League Debut against the Chicago Cubs. He was as electric as you could hope, striking out five in two innings of work.
He sat 97-99 MPH with his fastball, but also flashed a few pitches we didn’t see much of in his major league stint last year.
5 Ks through two shutout innings tonight for @buehlersdayoff in his Cactus League debut. #DodgersST pic.twitter.com/86nthk81dy
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 11, 2018
The Outing
The first two strikeouts of his appearance seemed to be on two-seam fastballs with solid left-to-right movement, as opposed to his straight rising four-seamer.