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Los Angeles Dodgers: Remembering each pitcher’s first career start

By Sarah Maninger

CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 19: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Multiple exposures were combined in-camera to produce this image.) Clayton Kershaw (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 19: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Multiple exposures were combined in-camera to produce this image.) Clayton Kershaw (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 23: (EDITORS NOTE: Multiple exposures were combined in camera to produce this image.) Walker Buehler Dodgers (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 23: (EDITORS NOTE: Multiple exposures were combined in camera to produce this image.) Walker Buehler Dodgers (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /

On Monday night, Walker Buehler debuted to a roaring crowd at Dodger Stadium. Now, we look back on the first starts of every Dodger who now stand as role models to the young rookie.

We’ve heard his name whispered for two years. We’ve heard rumors that the Dodgers have the potential second coming of Clayton Kershaw in their minor league system. We’ve repeated his last name in a vaguely inquisitive and boldly monotone manner.

Buehler?

Buehler?

Then, last week, he got the call to make his first official start in the major leagues.

I think it’s safe to say that Buehler won’t be taking any more days off.

Now, with the arrival, though likely temporary, of the newest Dodgers’ rookie, we take a look at the current Dodgers’ rotation; more importantly, how they got there in the first place.

WALKER BUEHLER

MLB DEBUT: 4/23/18

AGE: 23

DRAFTED: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2015 June Draft out of Vanderbilt University

Walker Buehler has already endured one of the toughest things a pitcher can; Tommy John Surgery, and he had it right after the Dodgers drafted him. LA knew that he would be out for at least a year, and would have to relearn all the mechanics that made him a first-round draft pick in the first place. The Dodgers knew all of this, and they still drafted him.

A big part of this game is about proving people wrong. It’s about defying expectations in order to win, not for only yourself, but for your team.

On Monday night in Los Angeles, Walker Buehler proved that not only has he recovered from surgery, he is willing and able to help get the Dodgers back in first where they belong.

In his first major league game against the Marlins, Buehler pitched 5 strong innings, striking out 5 and walking 3, all without giving up a run.

Buehler’s debut wasn’t anything monumental.  He pitched well; the Dodgers won. Sometimes it’s as simple as that.

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