Dodgers linked to reunion with Red Sox's $21 million starter by MLB insiders

Will history repetition itself successful 2025?

The Los Angeles Dodgers won nan World Series a play ago, and they did truthful pinch a patchwork pitching unit that included only 3 starting pitchers. Two of those starters near successful free agency, but nan Dodgers thought they had specified a loaded rotation that location wasn't room for either of them to travel back.

Now, nan Dodgers' rotation is truthful injured that they mightiness beryllium wishing for a do-over. But 1 of those starters they lost, Jack Flaherty, is connected nan first-place Detroit Tigers and won't beryllium traded this clip around.

The other, Walker Buehler, signed a one-year, $21 cardinal woody pinch nan Boston Red Sox, and he's been dreadful of late. But according to ESPN's Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan, that still mightiness not deter nan Dodgers from bringing him back.

On Tuesday, McDaniel and Passan assigned Buehler a 35 percent chance of being traded, and named nan Dodgers among nan "best fits" to get him from Boston.

"If nan Red Sox do punt connected this year, Buehler will person plentifulness of suitors successful spite of his mediocre numbers this season," nan authors wrote.

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"His postseason bona fides are obvious, and his sinker and slider person some played this play contempt his fastball and curveball getting tagged. Starter, reliever, whatever: October is Buehler's time."

Buehler owns a 3.04 ERA successful 94 2/3 profession postseason innings (all successful LA), including 1 earned tally successful 19 1/3 World Series innings. But his 6.29 ERA is simply a monolithic concern, particularly considering he walked a career-high 7 batters connected Monday nighttime and deed 2 more.

While Buehler mightiness not beryllium nan Dodgers' first choice, moreover considering familiarity, he's worthy monitoring arsenic a fit, particularly considering nan value whitethorn driblet if nan Red Sox autumn retired of nan title and he keeps struggling.

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