Walker Buehler

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Walker Buehler
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher
Born: (1994-07-28) July 28, 1994 (age 29)
Lexington, Kentucky
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Walker Anthony Buehler (Born July 28, 1994) is an American baseball pitcher. He plays professional baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. The Dodgers picked him as the 24th overall pick in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft out of Vanderbilt University.

Career

Buehler attended Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky.[1] He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 14th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and attended Vanderbilt University.[2] As a freshman in 2013, he appeared in 16 games making nine starts. He had a 4–3 record with a 3.14 earned run average (ERA) and 57 strikeouts. As a sophomore he went 12–2 with a 2.64 ERA and 111 strikeouts and was a member of the team's 2014 College World Series championship team, starting the first game.[3][4][5]

Buehler was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 24th overall pick in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft[6] and signed on July 17, 2015, for a $1.78 million bonus.[7] Soon after his signing, it was revealed that he would require Tommy John surgery and would therefore be sidelined for a year and a half with recovery.[8]

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