The Boston Red Sox have signed former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler on a one-year, $21 million deal after he won his second World Series with the organization this past season.
Buehler has spent his entire career with the Dodgers, being an all-star in 2019 and 2021, hoping to be a dominant figure alongside the likes of Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts, but he went on to have one of the more difficult years of his career.
With the Dodgers being stacked at pitcher, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto emerging as a superstar and the free agency signing of Blake Snell, along with Ohtani set to pitch again in 2025, Buehler became surplus to requirements.
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Buehler had been one of the best pitchers in the league for a four-year period up until 2021, but his injuries look to have hampered him and his stock this free agency – signing just a one year deal.
He has undergone two Tommy John surgeries, having a second in 2022, but returned to the Dodgers this past year after missing the 2023 season, allowing a 5.38 ERA in 16 starts.
Despite his struggles, Buehler had still been in the Dodgers’ postseason rotation and had been a part of their playoff heroics while throwing a four innings shutout in a National League Championship Series (NLCS) win against the New York Mets, before going on to have four more in the ninth inning in a Game Five win in the World Series against the New York Yankees.
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Both the Dodgers and Red Sox were believed to be two of the final teams considered by Juan Soto this offseason, after it was announced that the 26-year-old signed the biggest deal in baseball history to join the Mets and leave the Yankees.
Soto penned a 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets after being in talks with the Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays. Soto’s deal shoots him to the top of baseball’s largest contracts ahead of Ohtani, Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, and former teammate Aaron Judge.
Judge is locked in with the Yankees until 2032, where he will be earning a base salary of $40 million per year until expiration. Soto will earn a record-breaking average of $51 million per year with his new deal.
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