Friday, April 3, 2015

Clay Buchholz - What to Expect?

Clay Buchholz has pronounced himself physically fit.  Earlier this week, he had to deal with criticism from Curt Schilling who said Buck lacks the temperament to be an ace of this staff.  Let's look at Clay's body of work.  For 7+ years Buck has a 3.93 ERA.  His best complete year of action was back in 2010 when he was 17-7, 2.33 ERA & 173 innings of work.  2013 could have been a monster year, but Buck was injured, a mysterious neck thing, & he never came back after an unbelievable 1st half.  His numbers were 12-1, 1.74 ERA in 108 innings.  In 2014 Buck had his worst year as a big leaguer - 8-11, 5.34 ERA in 170 innings.  So who's the real Clay Buchholz - the dominating guy from 2013 or the below-average pitcher from 2014?  My opinion - he will hit his average numbers this year of 3.93 ERA, 170 innings & 15-10 record.  With this powerhouse offense, though, that may be enough.

No comments: