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During his rise to professional stardom, Walker Buehler encountered a proverbial bridge in the pathway of his burgeoning career. There’s some cost-benefit to it.” Indeed, like a growing number of pitchers in the Dodgers organization and around baseball, Buehler experienced each — blossoming as a World Series champion and two-time All-Star, but also suffering two Tommy John surgeries that, at …

MILWAUKEE — After missing the entire 2023 season to recover from Tommy John surgery, Walker Buehler wants to regain his All-Star form and help the Los Angeles Dodgers in their playoff push. Buehler came off the injured list Wednesday after missing nearly two months with right hip inflammation, but he couldn’t protect an early 3-0 lead as the Dodgers fell …

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Dodgers relief pitcher Joe Kelly delivers against the San Francisco Giants on April 1. The return of Walker Buehler after a nearly two-year recovery from Tommy John surgery is expected to boost the Dodgers’ rotation, but the bullpen took another hit when veteran right-hander Joe Kelly was put on the 15-day injured list because of a right posterior shoulder strain …

Dodgers two-time All-Star Walker Buehler looking forward to return from Tommy John surgery

LOS ANGELES — Walker Buehler is ready to return to the major leagues. The two-time All-Star will be back on the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers after nearly two years following Tommy John surgery when he starts Monday against the Miami Marlins. “Yeah, it’s been a long time and a long process but I finally put together some things …

Walker Buehler to make MLB return from Tommy John surgery Monday vs. Marlins, Dave Roberts says

PHOENIX — Walker Buehler’s wait to return to a big-league mound will come to an end after 696 days as the Los Angeles Dodgers star will take the ball Monday against the Miami Marlins, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed Wednesday night. It’s been 20 months since Buehler underwent his second Tommy John surgery, pushing one of the Dodgers’ most prominent …

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Struggling with consistency, Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler might need to make at least a couple more minor-league starts before he returns from Tommy John surgery. “Yeah,” Buehler said on Sunday, before the Dodgers wrapped up a nine-game homestand with a 10-0 victory over the New York Mets, “I’m pretty ready to roll.” Buehler hopes to check the final box in …

Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler delivers in Game 6 of the 2021 NLCS against the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers’ playoff pitching plans took another turn Friday, when the team announced that right-hander Walker Buehler will not complete his recovery from Tommy John surgery in time to pitch this season. The 29-year-old, who underwent his second Tommy John procedure in August …

Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler delivers against the Cincinnati Reds in September 2021. Walker Buehler is targeting a Sept. 1 return to the Dodgers rotation from his second Tommy John surgery, a timeline that manager Dave Roberts termed “aggressive” but not out of the question. Some of the trainers kind of want me to dial it back a little bit, but …

Walker Buehler undergoes second Tommy John surgery on right elbow

Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler, pitching against the Phillies on May 13, had Tommy John surgery on his right elbow for the second time. The team announced Buehler had Tommy John surgery Tuesday to reconstruct his ulnar collateral ligament, the second time in his pro career he underwent the major procedure. Though manager Dave Roberts initially said he didn’t believe Tommy …

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Dodgers’ Walker Buehler undergoes second Tommy John surgery: ‘A tough blow’

LOS ANGELES — Walker Buehler and the Dodgers feared this possibility from the moment he exited what would be his final start of the season on a chilly summer night in San Francisco. He’d undergone Tommy John surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow once, in 2015, immediately after the Dodgers made him their first-round draft …