Digging Up Clay?
Globe reporter Amalie Benjamin had an interesting blog post yesterday afternoon: Clay Buchholz is likely to make his MLB debut this Friday.
This accomplishes two things: a) it allows Curt Schilling to bypass the Friday doubleheader, giving him an extra day of rest, and b) it makes Buchholz elligible for the post season roster. Whether or not Terry Francona would actually take him is undetermined, but as we’ve seen recently, it is never a bad thing to have another option in the bullpen if needed.
Clay’s numbers from AA and AAA this season:
117 innings
2.15 ERA
12.6 K/9
5.5 K/BB
.187 batting average allowed.