LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers 2015 draft already took a hit with the inability to sign supplemental first-rounder Kyle Funkhouser out of Louisville. But there is bad new surrounding first-round pick Walker Buehler as well, with reports that the Vanderbilt right-handed pitcher will need Tommy John surgery, per both Jon Heyman of CBS Sports and Keith Law of ESPN.
That would explain why the Dodgers were able on Friday to sign Buehler, whom they had ninth on their draft board but picked at No. 24 overall, for just $1.78 million, well below his allotted slot amount of $2,094,400.