{"id":109921,"date":"2025-10-20T08:38:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=109921"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:38:53","slug":"%f0%9f%92%b0-dodgers-power-play-reports-reveal-a-secret-20-million-offer-made-to-walker-buehler-this-past-offseason-quiet-talks-high-stakes-and-a-deal-that-could-redefine-the-ac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=109921","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcb0 DODGERS\u2019 POWER PLAY: Reports reveal a secret $20 million offer made to Walker Buehler this past offseason \u2014 quiet talks, high stakes, and a deal that could redefine the ace\u2019s future in L.A.. ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/207e65f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2251x3377+0+0\/resize\/2000x3000!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F63%2Ffb%2F41eca0a3401bb840dad9b9b2ef61%2F1479616-1016-sp-nlcs-dodgers-mets-game3-wjs-044.jpg\" alt=\"Dodgers' Walker Buehler finally starting to adapt to his reality - Los  Angeles Times\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers made a $20 million offer to starting pitcher Walker Buehler during free agency following the 2024 season, per The New York Post\u2019s Jon Heyman.<\/p>\n<p>Buehler had spent his entire career prior to the 2025 season with the Dodgers, making 131 appearances from 2017-24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dodgers made Buehler a $20M offer to return, but made no offer to Flaherty and instead targeted Snell, who has a 0.86 ERA this postseason after shutting down the Brewers in eight shutout, one-hit innings in his 2-1 Game 1 victory,\u201d wrote Heyman.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers\u2019 interest in keeping Buehler is understandable, as he showed up during both of the Dodgers\u2019 World Series runs in 2020 and 2024. During the 2020 postseason, he made five starts and posted a 1.80 ERA through 25 innings and struck out 39 batters. He spearheaded a hobbled Dodgers rotation during the 2024 postseason, posting a 3.60 ERA through four appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander ultimately signed a one-year, $21 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, though didn\u2019t spend the entire season in Beantown. He posted a 5.45 ERA with the Red Sox, throwing 112.1 innings before they released him at the end of August. The Phillies picked him up a few days later, and he earned a win in all three of his appearances with Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Buehler was on the Phillies\u2019 roster during the NLDS, however he never came in to face the Dodgers during the series.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the Dodgers had space for Buehler in their rotation is debatable, as they already had as many as six starters in their rotation during 2025. Shohei Ohtani and Emmet Sheehan both returned to the mound from injury, and the additions of Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki allowed even less room among the Dodgers\u2019 starters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers will be happy with how things panned out, though, as their starters broke MLB records during their recent NLCS triumph. Across their four games against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Dodgers\u2019 starters posted an ERA of 0.63 \u2014 the lowest by any MLB team in a league championship series.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers made an offer to starting pitcher Walker Buehler in free agency after the 2024 season, per Jon Heyman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":109924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udcb0 DODGERS\u2019 POWER PLAY: Reports reveal a secret $20 million offer made to Walker Buehler this past offseason \u2014 quiet talks, high stakes, and a deal that could redefine the ace\u2019s future in L.A.. ll - 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