{"id":82837,"date":"2025-08-24T22:02:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T22:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=82837"},"modified":"2025-08-24T22:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T22:02:48","slug":"red-sox-aaa-pitcher-scratched-from-start-could-possibly-take-walker-buehlers-start-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=82837","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox AAA pitcher scratched from start; could possibly take Walker Buehler&#8217;s start on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Red Sox AAA pitcher scratched from start; could possibly take Walker Buehler&#8217;s start on Monday originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Boston Red Sox recently demoted Walker Buehler from the starting rotation, as he has been struggling all year to pitch effectively. Now, the Sox need to decide who to throw tomorrow in his place.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>There might be an answer, however. AAA pitcher Kyle Harrison, a piece from the Rafael Devers trade, was scratched from his start today in Worcester. This could mean he joins the team tomorrow to be on the mound for first pitch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0Red Sox\u2019 37-year-old closer Aroldis Chapman is defying baseball logic by putting up video-game numbers this season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Masslive\u2019s Chris Cotillo, the Sox were between Harrison and Richard Fitts, who is already with the team in a reliever role. Although, the fact that Harrison has been scratched from his start points to the Sox probably thinking Fitts will pitch in relief today. If he does, maybe as a long reliever.<\/p>\n<p>If so, then Fitts definitely won\u2019t be ready for tomorrow. Meaning Harrison will travel from Worcester to Baltimore to join the Sox against the Orioles.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0Red Sox between two young flamethrowers to start on Monday after Walker Buehler&#8217;s demotion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harrison will probably do good, as he is a solid back end of the rotation, with better stats than Fitts, who has held the position for the Sox before. He\u2019s only played in eight games this season, but he\u2019s got a 4.56 ERA, 25 Ks, and a WHIP of 1.268 in 23 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, Harrison has made some improvements in the minors though, as it would make the Sox\u2019s playoff chances even better. All people can do is wait to see if he\u2019s called up once again, or if Fitts is taking the mound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE\u00a0BOSTON RED SOX\u00a0NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Sox CBO Craig Breslow signals great chance that team&#8217;s No. 1 pitching prospect could be promoted to Boston soon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Sox continue to dominate in The Rivalry this century with insane season record against Yankees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Sox pegged as top trade destination this offseason for $115 million four-time All-Star second baseman<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This might be a sign this hurler is on his way to the big leagues once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":82838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[632,1415,3166,630,703,114,1233,2947,493],"class_list":["post-82837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-aroldis-chapman","tag-baltimore","tag-chris-cotillo","tag-kyle-harrison","tag-rafael-devers","tag-red-sox","tag-richard-fitts","tag-sox","tag-walker-buehler"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox AAA pitcher scratched from start; 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