Buehler will make his return from the injured list on Wednesday, and he believes he’s in better position to succeed after addressing a hip injury and re-establishing his mechanics.
Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler, who will rejoin the rotation on Wednesday, is not signed beyond this season and figured to cash in big when he reached free agency at age 30 – before his elbow gave out two years ago. It’s hard now to predict his future with a twice-repaired pitching arm and poor results in his comeback. MILWAUKEE — There is a lot at stake for Walker Buehler when he takes the mound for the Dodgers on Wednesday.
“It hit me in the peroneal nerve, which people have only heard about in the UFC when guys get kicked,” Buehler said of the nerve that helps the ankle and foot function properly. “I got hit right in that nerve so my foot was not pushing in the way that I wanted to. So then all I could do was spin and rotate and I ended up hurting an external rotator in my hip.
“I have absolute faith in every part of our organization,” he said. “If my foot was broken then we’d fix it. But it was that and mechanics and the mental part of it. It’s hard if you don’t have a baseline. I felt like that’s where I was at. I needed to go and re-establish my baseline.”
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