Clay Buchholz - Red Sox

[onlooker]

Again, here is some basic information on the Red Sox Game 1 starter for Friday.

1-1
3.26 ERA
48-8 K's-BB
30.1 IP
6 Games @ AAA Pawtucket

[WestsidePete]

Here's some more info

Notes: Buchholz has arrived
Phenom to start in Game 1 of Friday's day-night twin bill
By Alex McPhillips / MLB.com


BOSTON -- Except to local Portlanders and Pawtucketers and various far-flung Minor League baseball fans, Clay Buchholz has existed mainly as a media phenomenon.
For as long as the Red Sox prospect has been striking out batters this season -- and at an astounding clip (a Minor League high of 164 in just 117 innings) -- reporters, scouts and sabermetricians have fanned the flames remotely. Only in smaller, incomplete quantities has modern technology been able to satisfy the interest of Red Sox Nation in the hard-throwing right-hander from Lumberton, Texas.

That will soon change. On Thursday, the Red Sox announced that Buchholz will start Game 1 of Friday's day-night doubleheader against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, a game with playoff implications for both clubs.

It will be Buchholz's first big league start. The Red Sox announced that they will clear space on the active roster with a corresponding move on Friday. After the game, it is believed that they will shuttle Buchholz back down to Triple-A Pawtucket in order to clear space for a reserve outfielder, such as Jacoby Ellsbury.

Buchholz, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound right-hander, turned 23 on Tuesday. He's 8-3 with a 2.15 ERA in 21 starts between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket. He was 20 years old when the Red Sox selected him 42nd overall in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft as compensation.

The departed free agent that netted Boston the pick: Pedro Martinez.

[rjt721]

Best pitching prospect in baseball. Getting the Red Sox at + money is a gift.

[WestsidePete]

Angels won't even know what's coming...and with Lackey's road ERA of 2.65 this could be low scoring

[rjt721]

Buchholz's combined numbers in the minors this year between AA Portland and AAA Pawtucket: 8-3, 2.15 ERA, 117 IP, 78 H, 164 K.

I've seen the kid pitch on several occasions. His stuff is eerily similar to Lincecum; mid-high 90s fastball with a great 12:6 curve. His changeup might be his best pitch. If he has his control tomorrow, always a concern with young pitchers, he will be extremely tough pitching in an afternoon game with the shadows against a Halos' team that's never seen him.

I'm not saying the Sox will win this game, but they should be -125 tomorrow.

[LT Profits]

Not so fast rjt, let the kid do something in the majors before making him -125 over Lackey.

Remember that even Lincecum was hit hard and lost his first start. I have little doubt that Buchholz will be a stud in this league for years to come, but there is always added pressure in a first big league start, especially with him being thrust right into a pennant race.

[LT Profits]

I should add that all that said, I am passing this game.

[5teamparlay]

Does well at home:



Red Sox are 5-1 in Buchholzs last 6 home starts.

[HoulihansTX]

Over or pass