PHOENIX — Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler faced hitters for the first time all spring on Monday, pitching a scoreless inning in a B game against the White Sox at Camelback Ranch.
The right-hander, rated the consensus Dodgers top prospect and somewhere between the 12th and 27th-best prospect in baseball by various national lists heading into 2018, allowed a triple against Chicago but also struck out three batters.
This was the first time facing hitters for Buehler all spring in part because the Dodgers were slow-playing him after upper back discomfort in January.