Boston Pink Sox pitcher Walker Buehler is now 1-4 with a 7.80 ERA in his final six begins.
On Sunday, the Pink Sox fell 5-3 towards the Toronto Blue Jays as Addison Barger and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered on consecutive pitches from Buehler within the first inning. The appropriate-handed pitcher is coming off successful his second World Collection Championship with the Dodgers in 2024 (of which he threw the ultimate out) and was assured $21.05 million in a one-year free agent contract signed in the course of the offseason with Boston.
His tough begin led to a candid response about his place in Boston’s rotation.
Walker Buehler’s Struggles Result in Troubling Admission
In response to Pink Sox beat reporter Mac Cerullo, Buehler was requested on Sunday if he felt he was preventing for his spot in Boston’s pitching rotation. He then stated that he thought he wasn’t simply preventing for his spot on the Pink Sox mound, however within the majors completely.
Requested postgame if he feels as if he’s preventing for his spot within the Pink Sox rotation, Walker Buehler supplied a really candid response. pic.twitter.com/OJd7m6aIZp
— Mac Cerullo (@MacCerullo) June 29, 2025
Buehler stated, “I feel I’m preventing for my spot within the recreation, truthfully. I feel sooner or later, throwing the best way that I’ve thrown, there’s not a variety of locations for seven ERA beginning pitchers within the large leagues. I don’t know what the subsequent step is, and clearly, I need to take the ball each fifth day and hold going and hold preventing, however on the finish of the day, we’ve got depth and expertise on this group, and there are realities on this recreation.”
“So, no matter no matter occurs, I’ll hold going and hold attempting to determine it out. I feel I owe that to my household and myself, given the rehab that we undergo and what that does to you. I’m going to search out it and have a run, I simply don’t know when or the place that can be,” he added.
Buehler’s Historical past with Baseball
Buehler began at Henry Clay Excessive Faculty in Kentucky. He nonetheless holds the single-season strikeout document with 98 strikeouts in 66.0 innings of labor. He later had his jersey retired and lettered all 4 years.
Buehler then performed on the NCAA Division I degree for the Southeastern Convention’s Vanderbilt Commodores. The Lexington, Ky., native tossed 5 no-hit innings on the School World Collection to assist his crew raise the nationwide championship trophy.
After being drafted within the 14th spherical of the 2012 MLB Draft whereas popping out of highschool earlier than his time at Vanderbilt, Buehler was chosen because the No. 24 total decide by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2015.
After enjoying for the Arizona League Dodgers, Nice Lakes Loons (Excessive-A), Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (California League), Tulsa Drillers (Double-A), and the Oklahoma Metropolis Dodgers (Triple-A), Buehler made his MLB debut in September 2017. Earlier than his call-up, he was chosen because the Dodgers’ minor league pitcher of the yr.
Since coming into the majors, Buehler has been named a two-time All-Star and has received two World Collection titles, along with the School World Collection ring. He achieved all of this whereas sustaining and recovering from two Tommy John (UCL reconstruction) surgical procedures.
Nonetheless, none of this modifications that Buehler has a 6.45 ERA all through the 2025 season.
However, whereas there could also be rumblings, Buehler fought laborious to get to the MLB. He’s not going out of the rotation with out a battle, and MLB followers shouldn’t depend him out simply but.
