NEW YORK -- The Boston Red Sox are pulling Walker Buehler from their rotation and sending the struggling right-hander to the bullpen.
"It's going to be his new role," manager Alex Cora said Friday before the Red Sox continued a four-game series with the Yankees . "We'll figure out how it goes, maybe one inning, multiple innings. Whatever it is, we don't know yet."
Buehler's next scheduled start would have been the opener of a four-game series in Baltimore on Monday. The Red Sox did not immediately announce who would take his turn. Right-hander Richard Fitts , currently with the Red Sox, and left-hander Kyle Harrison, who is at Triple A after being acquired in the Rafael Devers trade, are options.
"It's obviously disappointing," Buehler said. "It's the first time in my career