Anyways with Buchholz, I'm sure gonna miss those Tuesday nights in July when the Red Sox are playing some anemic offense like the Athletics or Rays, I look away for a few minutes and the next thing you know, Buchholz is pulled after 2 2/3 and six earned runs on seven hits.
Fair or unfair, Buchholz was the de facto compensation the Red Sox received when Pedro Martinez signed with the Mets after the 2004 season. The Red Sox received a 'sandwich pick,' No. 42 overall from the Mets, and drafted the bullfrog out of a JuCo in Texas.
He was one of five Red Sox first round picks in '05, including Jacoby Ellsbury, Craig Hansen, Jed Lowrie and Michael Bowden.
Some people will remember the Clay Buchholz era for the no-hitter he threw in his second career start vs. the Orioles. Others will remember his very good 2010 season or his very good half-season in 2013. Some may even remember him as the 2015 Opening Day starter, just one year after Jon Lester held that role.
Me? I'll remember Buchholz as a god damned Twitter hero.
You know who would have been a prime candidate to pitch in a 4-run game in the 9th inning? Clay Buchholz.— Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) July 20, 2016
Karmic retribution to the Red Sox for retiring Wade Boggs' number on a Clay Buchholz day— Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) May 27, 2016
Sure feels like Buchholz will give the lead right back in 3...2...1...— Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) May 5, 2016
Is Clay Buchholz elite?— Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) April 6, 2016
Clay Buchholz is doing that thing where he sucks me right back into thinking he's not a trainwreck— Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) August 18, 2016
Color me shocked Clay Buchholz the 8th inning man isn't very good, either— Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) August 31, 2016
Clay Buchholz should never throw another pitch for the Red Sox. Period.— Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) September 11, 2016
At what point does Jason Varitek become the Sox manager? His only teammates still here are Pedroia and Ortiz *(Buchholz will be gone soon)— Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) May 9, 2015
In all honesty send Buchholz to AAA for awhile. Let him regain confidence down there and if that doesn't work, DFA him— Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) May 5, 2015
EEI coming back from commercial with "Won't Get Fooled Again." Couldn't have summed it up better for Buchholz— Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) July 11, 2015
Remember in Imgainationland when Butters was 'the key'? Well now Clay Buchholz, who's basically the Butters of the Red Sox, is the key— Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) October 7, 2016
But you wanna know something really crazy? I would have preferred the Red Sox dealt away Drew Pomeranz than Buchholz. At least with Claydro, you know what you're getting: you don't know what you're getting. With Pomeranz, you also know what you're getting: mediocrity and way too many curveballs and inevitable elbow reconstructive surgery. There's a reason he's on his fifth organization at age 28. Something tells me a Twitter search of "@jakelevin477 pomeranz" this time next year will yield a whole lotta negativity.
So thank you, Clay, for somehow surviving parts of 10 seasons in Boston. If Ortiz doesn't unretire, Dustin Pedroia is now the last member left of the 2007 World Series team. And with the recent defections of Koji and Taz, we're down to Pedey, Bogaerts, JBJ and Brock Holt as members of the 2013 team. Mind-bottling stuff.
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