{"id":67833,"date":"2025-07-12T00:34:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T00:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=67833"},"modified":"2025-07-12T00:34:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T00:34:26","slug":"red-sox-starter-hints-his-days-in-boston-are-numbered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=67833","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Starter Hints His Days in Boston Are Numbered"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Walker-Buehler.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Walker-Buehler.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Walker-Buehler.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Walker-Buehler.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Red Sox Starter Hints His Days in Boston Are Numbered\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Boston Red Sox pitcher Walker Buehler<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It sounds like <\/span>Boston Red Sox <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> pitcher <\/span>Walker Buehler <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> thinks there\u2019s a chance that he won\u2019t be with the team after the July 31 trade deadline.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on Thursday \u2014 after delivering a rare quality start in what has otherwise been a rough season \u2014 Buehler seemed to acknowledge the growing rumors that <\/span>Boston might be open <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to trading him. While explaining the adjustments he\u2019s made in hopes of turning things around, Buehler added that he wants any improvement to come as part of what he believes will be a strong second half for the Red Sox.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019m having so much fun playing here and this group is awesome in a lot of different ways,\u201d he said. \u201dI really hope I get to be a part of this run.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Or maybe a parting of the ways would be better for everyone.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Walker Buehler Has Struggled During Lone Season With Boston<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When the Red Sox signed Buehler to a <\/span>one-year, $21 million contract <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a few days after Christmas, it was with the hope that they were acquiring the pitcher who made a strong postseason cameo to help the Los Angeles Dodgers win the 2024 World Series. Instead, Boston received the same arm that had struggled for the Dodgers over 16 previous starts during the regular season.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thursday\u2019s start was No. 16 with Boston for Buehler, and all things considered, it actually went pretty well, as <\/span>Buehler gave up <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> three runs on five hits and three walks with two strikeouts in six innings. Not necessarily one for the memory books, but Buehler did enough to keep the Red Sox in the game until they could score a few late runs and pick up the 4-3 win over Tampa Bay. Which in and of itself <\/span>was a bit of a moral victory <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for the 30-year-old right-hander.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cObviously, the way the year has gone, this is a good start for me,\u201d Buehler said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It came off the heels of a five-inning stint on July 5 in which Buehler gave up three runs, two of them earned, on eight hits and no walks to get the decision in a 10-3 win over Washington. Again, not what Buehler and the Red Sox are aspiring for, but for Buehler, who had allowed four or more runs in five of his previous six starts, it gave him the chance to take a breath.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s nice to go through a week and a prep, the five days or whatever, and not feel like I should just retire,\u201d Buehler said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to retire anytime soon, but you get into some really dark places and that\u2019s what happens.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And while the July starts may have provided a flicker of light for Buehler, there have been plenty of dark spaces since the start of the 2024 season. To his credit, as Jonathan Papelbon stressed <\/span>during a recent appearance <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on the \u201cFoul Territory\u201d podcast, Buehler has been very open about the struggles and his efforts to find a solution.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cYou got to commend him because, you know, every time he gets interviewed, after a postgame interview, he says that, \u2018Hey, this is not me. This is not my stuff. I\u2019m searching. I\u2019m searching right now to try to find my fastball, try to find my slider,\u2019\u201d Papelbon noted.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Walker Buehler Named \u2018AL Cy Yuk of the Half-Year\u2019 by The Athletic<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But as highlighted in <\/span>a Friday column for The Athletic <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the numbers don\u2019t lie. MLB analyst Jayson Stark handed out his \u201cmidseason awards\u201d throughout Major League Baseball, not all of which are coveted, and he labeled Buehler the \u201cAL Cy Yuk of the half-year.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In his 16 starts, Buehler has gone 6-6 with a 6.12 ERA. Now in his seventh full season, Buehler has allowed 87 hits and 35 walks while striking out 63 in 78 innings, and as noted by Stark, Buehler\u2019s current WHIP (1.56) and opponents OBP (.367) would be the second-worst of any full-time AL starting pitcher, ahead of only\u00a0Jack Kochanowicz.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So the question then becomes, <\/span>who would want to trade <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for Buehler? <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Well, he does have a good posteseason resume, and there\u00a0are a number of contending teams looking for a starting pitcher (or three). Plus, Buehler will be a free agent after the season, so there aren\u2019t many strings attached, and he likely won\u2019t cost much more than a single, mid-level prospect.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But no matter where he is pitching, Papelbon, an analyst with the NESN broadcast crew since 2023, said he believes Buehler must continue progressing in every start if he wants to remain in the rotation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI don\u2019t think he has a long rope,\u201d Papelbon said. \u201cThere\u2019s no question about that, because you\u2019re getting to the point of the season where you can\u2019t afford to have these starts where your starter goes out and pitches two [innings,] two-and-a-third, and then you waste your bullpen for the entire series. So the rope is definitely short for Walker Buehler.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dave Benson Dave Benson is a longtime writer with over three decades of experience in a variety of mediums, including 15 years covering high school, collegiate and minor league sports in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Dave is also a licensed English teacher and spent a few years teaching at the middle school level. More about Dave Benson<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Red Sox<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While talking to reporters, Boston Red Sox pitcher Walker Buehler expresses &#8216;hope&#8217; that he will be with the team for the second half of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":67834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67833","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>Red Sox Starter Hints His Days in Boston Are Numbered - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=67833\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Sox Starter Hints His Days in Boston Are Numbered - 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