{"id":121497,"date":"2025-08-30T21:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/121497\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T21:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:01:12","slug":"red-sox-release-rhp-walker-buehler-after-signing-him-to-21-million-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/121497\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Release RHP Walker Buehler After Signing Him To $21 Million Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-f2393c96=\"\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/boston-red-sox-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> released veteran right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/walker-buehler-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Walker Buehler<\/a> in a series of moves Friday that included calling up top pitching prospect Payton Tolle for his major league debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-f2393c96=\"\">The 31-year-old Buehler, a two-time All-Star who won two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/world-series\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Series<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>, signed a one-year $21.05 million deal with the Red Sox for 2025 with a mutual option for next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-f2393c96=\"\">But Buehler has struggled, going 7-7 with a 5.45 ERA in 23 games, including 22 starts. Buehler was on pace for career lows in several categories and had recently been sent to the bullpen. He&#8217;s 54-29 in 144 starts over eight major league seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-f2393c96=\"\">Buehler had a rough patch last season coming off a second Tommy John surgery. But he memorably closed out the Dodgers&#8217; 2024 World Series win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yankees<\/a>, recording the final three outs in Game 5 two days after pitching five shutout innings as the starter in Game 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-f2393c96=\"\">Tolle, the Red Sox&#8217;s second-round pick out of TCU in the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB<\/a> amateur draft, was scheduled to start against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/paul-skenes-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Skenes<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/pittsburgh-pirates-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> on Friday night. The left-hander had a 3-5 record and 3.04 ERA in 91 2\/3 innings at three levels in the minors, most recently at Triple-A Worcester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-f2393c96=\"\">Boston also recalled utility player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/nick-sogard-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Sogard<\/a> from Worcester and optioned outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/jhostynxon-garcia-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jhostynxon Garcia<\/a> to Worcester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-f2393c96=\"\">Reporting by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>\n        What did you think of this story?\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        recommended\n      <\/p>\n<p> Arrow pointing to the leftArrow pointing to the right <\/p>\n<p>Item 1 of 1<\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MLB.vresize.160.160.medium.0.png\" alt=\"Major League Baseball\" class=\"team-logo\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"\/> Get more from the Major League Baseball Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox released veteran right-hander Walker Buehler in a series of moves Friday that included calling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-121497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}