by josh lacey | Jun 15, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka
With an off night tonight for the big club, Clay Buchholz and the Pawtucket Red Sox will get top billing on NESN this evening. For those of us who have been itching to see Buchholz pitch this season having heard of his dominance in AAA, this may be the only...
by josh lacey | May 26, 2009 | Clay Buchholz
Upon hearing of the feats of Clay Buchholz last night in Louisville for the Pawtucket Red Sox, I tweeted my gut reaction as follows: “Clay Buchholz just made his statement. It is time for the Red Sox to proverbially “sh!t or get off the pot”. For Red...
by evan brunell | May 13, 2009 | Brad Penny, Clay Buchholz, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Justin Masterson, Tim Wakefield
At what point can the Red Sox wait to address their AL-worst starting corps (or should I say corpse?), second-last in the bigs with a 5.81 ERA? Even the Yankees are faring better with a 5.64 ERA. Yes, Jon Lester has been burned by his defense — but he still has...
by tim daloisio | May 5, 2009 | Brad Penny, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Smoltz, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Justin Masterson, Poll, Quick Post, Tim Wakefield
New Poll Question: Who will be the odd men out of the rotation come mid-July? Between a rehabbing Smoltz, a streaking Wakefield, Penny, Masterson and Buccholz, pick two to saddle up with Beckett, Lester, DiceK. As always, new poll is up to the right…vote away...
by evan brunell | Apr 26, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Gil Velazquez, Michael Bowden, Quick Post
The Red Sox optioned shortstop Gil Velazquez to Pawtucket, in anticipation of Julio Lugo joining the club tomorrow. In lieu of Velazquez, the Sox brought up Michael Bowden to pitch out of the bullpen. The Sox bullpen is rather beleaguered — certainly not to the...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 22, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, Game Recap, Jon Van Every, Julio Lugo, Sean Danielson
Julio Lugo began a rehab assignment Wednesday for the Pawtucket Red Sox and came away feeling better, physically, than his performance would indicate. Lugo, who batted leadoff and played shortstop, was 0-for-3 in three official at-bats and drew a walk in an...
by tito crafts | Apr 18, 2009 | Chris Carter, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell, Rocco Baldelli, Theo Epstein
Dustin Pedroia, you say you are experiencing cold-like symptoms? Boom! 15-day DL. Jason Varitek, you say that you don’t feel quite like you did when were 31 years old? See ya! 15-day DL. So they aren’t that careful with their personnel. But they are...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 17, 2009 | Billy Traber, Charlie Zink, Clay Buchholz, Game Recap
Maybe the Pawtucket Red Sox lost the battle Friday night in their home opener against the Leigh Valley Iron Pigs. But because knuckleballer Charlie Zink and reliever Billy Traber gave them nine innings, the PawSox may win the war — the war being the remainder of...
by evan brunell | Apr 16, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Bard, Hunter Jones, Justin Masterson, Michael Bowden, Takashi Saito
All indications point to Justin Masterson taking Dice-K’s place in the rotation after Dice was placed on the 15-day DL with arm fatigue. Masterson threw 60 pitches in relief of Dice-K in the midst of a taxing bullpen effort in a 12-inning game. The bullpen...
by tito crafts | Apr 15, 2009 | Brad Penny, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Smoltz, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Tim Wakefield
Sample size, sample size, sample size! Remember the thing that increases the accuracy of whatever the available data happens to be? The offense has stunk it up. Not denying that. But the hitters have had to face some pretty good pitching so far too. Matt Garza has...
