Yahoo Sports’ senior MLB analysts Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss the pitcher’s path to helping Los Angeles rally to another championship win by contributing to the starting rotation. Listen to the full conversation on the “Baseball Bar-B-Cast” podcast and subscribe Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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I want to show Walker Bueller some more love.

So Walker Bueller had a truly fascinating year, before that he got Tommy John in 2022.

One of the best pitchers in baseball.

He was so mediocre all season long that he barely started the Dodgers’ postseason game because of the injuries they had.

However, due to these injuries, he took on the third starting role and aside from a poor outing, he performed incredibly well and deserves a lot of credit for how he turned his season around.

As someone who entered free agency with his future pretty uncertain, I’m fascinated to see where he ends up going given the way this series is going, it feels like it’s going to be his last start of the season and he finished it off pretty well. .

So I’d like to give Walker Bueller a big tip.

No, 100%.

And it wasn’t that bad, as Bueller didn’t look as visually spectacular as he did against the Mets, but he was more effective.

He was mostly in the zone, managing to score five scoreless goals.

And I mean, if that’s his last start as a Dodger, it’s a great way to go out.

Right.

Maybe he’ll come back eventually.

I mean, there’s a lot of unknowns with him, but he, uh, this is probably a situation where he’s made some money for himself as of late.

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