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Starting pitcher Walker Buehler inked a one-year, $21.05 million deal with the Boston Red Sox in December.The 30-year-old righthander discussed his departure from the Los Angeles Dodgers with reporters during a Zoom call on Friday.

Right-hander Walker Buehler is guaranteed $21.05 million in his one-year contract with the Boston Red Sox and can earn an additional $2.5 million in performance bonuses based on starts.

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox announced Saturday that they signed right-hander Walker Buehler, a two-time All-Star who was on the mound when the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series this fall, to a one-year deal.

If Walker Buehler had hit free agency after, say, the 2021 season when he posted a 2.47 ERA over 33 starts with the Dodgers, he likely would have commanded one of the biggest contracts for a pitcher in baseball history. That wasn’t the case. The 30-year-old’s first foray into the open market came at a much-different point in his career.

The Boston Red Sox added a major pitching piece in December last year after signing for Los Angeles Dodgers ace Walker Buehler. The two-time World Series winner signed a one-year, $21.

The Boston Red Sox have won four World Series titles since 2004 but have fallen off by missing the postseason the past three seasons. After finishing with a record of 81-81 and third in the American League East,

The Boston Red Sox might have missed the last three postseasons, but the future is bright for the team. In MLB.com's MLB Pipeline Executives Poll,

The first two months of the offseason featured quite a bit of action. Juan Soto joined the New York Mets on the richest contract in sports history, the Los Angeles Dodgers landed two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell and Corbin Burnes turned heads by choosing to sign with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Last season was the year that Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge blew our minds (again), the year Paul Skenes made his debut and instantly became unforgettable, and the year the Dodgers won their eighth World Series.

The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes are reportedly down to a select group of teams, and it’s difficult to overstate just how impactful his decision is going to be. Sasaki, 23, didn’t just post a 2.02 ERA across parts of four seasons with the Chiba Lotte Marines;