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Dodgers announce Walker Buehler will not return this season

The Los Angeles Dodgers' Walker Buehler delivers a first-inning pitch against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, April 14, 2022, in Los Angeles.

WASHINGTON — The Dodgers' playoff pitching plans took another turn Friday, when the team announced that right-hander Walker Buehler will not complete his recovery from Tommy John surgery in time to pitch this season.

The news came hours before Buehler was slated to make his second rehab start with Triple-A Oklahoma City. The 29-year-old, who underwent his second Tommy John procedure last August, threw two innings for Oklahoma City last week

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