This Key Change Led To Walker Buehler’s Improved Outing Vs. Rays

Walker Buehler has had an up-and-down season, but before the Red Sox’s series against the Tampa Bay Rays he decided to make a change. And it paid off.

The 30-year-old has been in the big leagues since 2017 and admitted Wednesday to having a stubbornness to him. During his start against the Rays, though, he decided to let the stubbornness go.

“As weird as it sounds with the career that I’ve had, there’s like a stubbornness of what I used to do,” Beuhler told reporters, according to MassLive’s Christopher Smith. “This week was kind of the first time I’ve really gone, ‘You know what? (expletive) this. I’m gonna do what I need to do.'”

He earned the win against the Rays after allowing six hits, one walks and three runs. Buehler had one of his longest starts this season, going for two innings before being pulled.

In his start five days before against the Yankees, the right-handed pitcher had a tough outing. Buehler gave up five earned runs in seven innings, which left a bad taste in his mouth.

“This organization put a lot of faith in me this offseason and I’ve been (expletive) embarrassing,” Beuhler told reporters after the Yankees game, according to The Athletic.

After his Rays start, he currently sits at a 5.01 ERA through 11 games started with a 5-4 record.