Walker Buehler sends strong message to Rangers

Chuck Norris may not be involved, but Walker is sending a message to the Texas Rangers.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported this week that the defending champ Rangers continue to have interest in signing longtime Los Angeles Dodgers left-ander Clayton Kershaw. The 35-year-old Kershaw is a free agent this winter after 16 seasons with the Dodgers.

Fellow Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler sent a very strong message to the Rangers in response to their reported interest in Kershaw.

“NO!” wrote Buehler in a post to X.

Buehler, who will be returning to the Dodgers rotation next season after his second Tommy John surgery, has been teammates with Kershaw since 2017, so he obviously does not want to see the former Cy Young winner go. But the decision will be entirely up to Kershaw, who underwent shoulder surgery last month and faces an uncertain future.

The Rangers are an intriguing option for Kershaw as he is a native of Texas and has long been linked to a possible move to Arlington. But Buehler wants to get at least one last dance with Kershaw next year, this time with Shohei Ohtani DH’ing and both Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto joining the Dodgers rotation with a healthy Buehler.