LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers’ two most valued prospects will be in Los Angeles this month.
Outfielder Alex Verdugo, the team’s top-ranked position player prospect, joined the Dodgers when rosters expanded on Friday and started all four games in San Diego over the weekend. The team’s top-ranked pitching prospect, right-hander Walker Buehler, will join the Dodgers on Wednesday.
The Dodgers’ first-round draft pick in 2015, Buehler underwent Tommy John surgery shortly after the draft. This was his first full season as a professional and he progressed from Class-A to Triple-A. In order to limit his innings and prepare him for a potential promotion to Los Angeles, Buehler finished the season pitching out of the bullpen for the Oklahoma City Dodgers.