Three weeks ago, Mark Prior decided it was time to rip the Band-Aid off. “It’s just crazy,” Buehler said, “how little things can click and make such a big difference.” If Buehler has looked like a different pitcher since then, giving up four earned runs while striking out 10 batters in his last two starts, it’s because he’s felt like …
Even before Walker Buehler took the mound Tuesday night, his manager was “backpedaling” on expectations for the once star pitcher. Before Tuesday’s game, Roberts said he didn’t “want it to feel like there’s one particular number everything has to click” for Buehler, adding that such expectations weren’t “fair, or realistic” given the difficulties of returning from a second Tommy John …
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 starting pitcher Walker Buehler says, “I just feel a little bit closer to where I want to be physically.” Every October for the last three years, since Walker Buehler’s rookie season, the Dodgers could count on the brash right-hander to dominate under the brightest spotlights. “And then I think there’s a mental side of that, where you’re not as …