When Craig Breslow signed Walker Buehler last December, the Red Sox chief baseball officer was hoping he had made one of the smarter moves of free agency.

Yet the signing -- which was for $21.05 million this year, with a $25 million mutual option (and $3 million buyout) for 2026 -- has not worked out as planned.

And now, Buehler has lost his spot in the Boston rotation.

Manager Alex Cora made the announcement prior to Boston's game in New York on Friday night.

"Yeah, he's gonna go to the bullpen," Cora said, according to NESN . "I talked to him last night, Bres did too, (about) his new role. We'll figure out how it goes. Maybe one inning, multiple innings, whatever it is, we don't know yet."

The Red Sox entered play on Friday in the second wild-card spot, 1 1/2 games behind the Yank

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