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A six-man starting pitching rotation has been on the mind of manager Rob Thomson and certainly other higher ups in the Phillies organization for quite some time now. Friday, it will finally come to fruition as Walker Buehler, signed August 31, will make his Phillies starting debut when the team faces the Kansas City Royals.

Buehler, 31, spent seven of his eight major league seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers before signing with the Boston Red Sox before this season. In his time with the Dodgers, Buehler was a two-time All-Star (2019 and 2021) and was 47-22 with a 3.27 ERA. For Boston this season he went 7-7 with a 5.45 ERA. He started 22 of his 23 games before being released on Aug. 29.

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