Buehler finds himself entering his ‘walk’ year with questions to answer. Is he the same pitcher who went 39-13 with a 2.82 ERA in his four healthy seasons (2018-2021) and who will invest in a 30-ye…
Walker Buehler’s spring progression has been slowed with an eye toward starting his season late, most likely not until May. Though the right-hander might have been able to start the season on time, the extra time building up might be good for him and the Dodgers come October. GLENDALE, Ariz. — In a perfect world, it might have been Walker Buehler who signed a five-year, $136.5 million contract extension with the Dodgers this past winter, short-circuiting his potential free agency next offseason.
“But now – look, I just want to be good and win. I’ve made money. My family is pretty comfortable. I think at some point those numbers are more ego than anything.” “I think when I first came up, that’s the goal – get to free agency. But I don’t necessarily think that it means what you think it means when you’re 22, 24 years old. To me, I feel very fortunate that this is my seventh season. Not because that means I get to free agency but because it’s another year that I get to wear a uniform and play.
“I think so. I think so,” Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said. “It all looks good, you have the surgery and it was like, ‘Yeah, you’ll be back in 12-13 months.’ Like, it just doesn’t play out that way. I mean, even a healthy player has things that pop up through the course of a season, just standard aches and pains and bruises and whatever.
“There’s days when I feel I’m going to be just as good if not better. Then there’s days you realize you’ve had three elbow surgeries, right?” Buehler said. “I think that question involves a lot more than how I feel when I’m standing on the mound. I think if I can find a routine to get my elbow, shoulder and body in the same place I used to get it pretty consistently then I’ll be the same pitcher. That’s kind of my feeling.
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