{"id":110591,"date":"2025-08-31T23:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T23:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/110591\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T23:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T23:03:09","slug":"walker-buehler-to-join-national-league-contender-after-release-from-red-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/110591\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker Buehler to Join National League Contender After Release From Red Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_8yhohc47z\">The Boston Red Sox<a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/red-sox-roster-decision-struggling-pitcher-walker-buehler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> parted ways with veteran right-handed pitcher Walker Buehler<\/a> last week, but it didn&#8217;t take long for him to find a new home in MLB.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_q34df4q7f\"><a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/1962258883310657914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buehler is reportedly finalizing a deal to join the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>, according to ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Passan. Passan notes that Buehler will be eligible to pitch for the Phillies in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_b446th05g\">Buehler, 31, struggled across 23 appearances in his lone season with the Red Sox. He made 22 starts and owned a 5.45 ERA with 84 strikeouts and 55 walks across 112 1\/3 innings. The two-time All-Star hasn&#8217;t been the same since he missed a full season in 2023 while recovering from Tommy John surgery, but the Phils are hopeful he can make an impact in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ad373qo2k\">The move comes a few days after <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/phillies-ace-zack-wheeler-out-for-season-surgery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Wheeler was placed on the 60-day IL<\/a> and ruled out for the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with venous thoracic outlet syndrome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_cdnlwgnae\">Philadelphia currently holds a 6 1\/2 game lead over the New York Mets in the NL East, and their .581 winning percentage is second best in all of MLB. <\/p>\n<p>More MLB on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox parted ways with veteran right-handed pitcher Walker Buehler last week, but it didn&#8217;t take&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-110591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}