Walker Buehler is steadily progressing through his road to recovery from Tommy John surgery and the hope is that he returns to the mound this year.
Over a year since the former ace has thrown a pitch at the Major League level, the 29-year-old pitcher is finally at the backend of his recovery.
On Wednesday afternoon, he and teammate Blake Treinen finally faced live hitters in a simulated-game setting throwing around 20 pitches.
The two-time All-Star was sitting around 92-93 mph, which is only about two-to-three mph less than his average fastball velocity of 95.