Red Sox RHP Walker Buehler expected to come off IL and start Tuesday

BOSTON AP Right-hander Walker Buehler is expected to come off the -day injured list and join the Red Sox rotation for a start on Tuesday he revealed prior to Saturday s competition at Fenway Park The -year-old Buehler was placed on the IL May with bursitis in his pitching shoulder I don t think if it was late in the year that we would necessarily have done the exact same things Buehler disclosed in the clubhouse before the tournament against the Atlanta Braves But just too early in the year to kind of try and push it On Saturday he threw pitches over three innings in live BP He figures he ll be able to throw to pitches in his return I don t think I m going to go he reported Buehler is - with a ERA in his six starts since signing a one-year million contract with the Red Sox this past offseason He spent the first seven years of his MLB career with the Los Angeles Dodgers winning two World Series AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source