The Boston Red Sox released pitcher Walker Buehler.
When Buehler, 31, signed with the Red Sox last off-season on a one-year deal worth $21.05 million, I was excited. Perhaps a little too excited:
Buehler enters 2025 with a 47-22 record along with an ERA of 3.27 striking out 754 batters against only 190 walks over 713.2 in 131 career appearances (122 of them starts). Let me put it this way. I will not be the least bit shocked if Walker Buehler is your 2025 AL Cy Young Award winner.
Buehler was not in Cy Young form in 2025. In 23 appearances with the Bosox (including 22 starts), Buehler went 7-7 with a 5.49 ERA. A week before his release, the team moved Buehler to the bullpen. But they gave up on him after just one appearance.
Boston is a difficult place for a pitcher to revamp his career after Tommy John surgery. Unless someone picks him up by tomorrow, he would not be eligible to pitch in the post-season. I suspect that Buehler might end up as a reclamation project on a non-contending team next season (i.e. Colorado Rockies, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins or perhaps the Washington Nationals). If he regains some of his form, then a contending team could pick him up at the trade deadline - perhaps even a reunion with the Los Angeles Dodgers. But he won't be in a Red Sox uniform again.
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