PHILADELPHIA — Walker Buehler says he’s gotten the firsts out of his system in what has been a tumultuous first season as something other than a Los Angeles Dodger.

Buehler has pitched against the club that drafted him in 2015, that he won two world championships with, that he threw the final pitch of the 2024 World Series for. He’s occupied the visitor’s clubhouse at Dodger Stadium. He’s even gone through the drill of seeing former mates in a playoff series with Boston’s Wild Card loss.

So the Phillies right-hander is ready for whatever emotions playing his former team may bring.

“I think we’ve checked all the boxes, that there’s no more firsts,” Buehler said Friday, the day before the Phillies and Dodgers began their National League Division Series. “I think that’s big for me. And at

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