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Sox Therapy— Where Thinking Red Sox Fans Obsess about the Sox
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Buchholz to pitch tonight (and promotions!)
With Tim Wakefield unable to go last night, Clay Buchholz will get the call tonight. He, along with Jacoby Ellsbury, Brandon Moss, Royce Clayton, and Bryan Corey will be called up today. (link)
First of all, thank goodness for the reinforcements. Sox players are dropping like flies and it has really hamstrung them the last couple days. Having said that, all of these players make sense to me except for Clayton. He is a terrible hitter with an overhyped defensive reputation and he’s not particularly fast. Meanwhile, two much better candidates remain in the minors. Bobby Scales has put up mid-800s OPS’s the past two years, which to low--700s for MLEs. He can play several positions and controls the strikezone well. He can’t play SS but we have three guys who can already. A promotion to the majors would have been a nice reward and sent a good message to the other organizational soldiers. It also would have provided the Major League club with a better player. Another option would have been to bump up Jed Lowrie, who actually is a SS. Lowrie has murdered the ball this year to the tune of ~.350/.420 MLE line. Once again, a nice reward, a nice message, and a better player on the team.
But apparently the Red Sox are so supremely confident in their lead that they can bring up an obviously inferior player. This same confidence allowed them to start Kevin Cash last night (or to have him on the roster in the first place) and to avoid demoting Loogy Lopez in favor of a much-needed OF for the past 3 days. Time will tell if they’re right.
Darren
Posted: September 01, 2007 at 08:07 AM | 33 comment(s)
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Not bringing up Lowrie, and promoting Clayton over him, is absolutely criminal, indefensible, nonsensical, and ridiculous. Clatyon's ZRs have been in the low .800's for the past few years, so he isn't a glove man anymore, so why do they need 3 middle infielders who can't hit? #### #### ############ #######.
He's up doesn't mean he'll be in the lineup. Which begs the question: what the F!@# is he doing on the 40 man?
Taking up a spot that could go to Scales, Lowrie, or Carter.
So Jim Morris could realize a dream.
They don't bring someone up to reward them anymore. There's limited space in the dugout and in the clubhouse. They only bring up players whom they think can help the club now. Clayton is OBVIOUSLY being promoted for his veteran presence, the reason they signed him in the first place. Starting Lowrie's clock at this time doesn't make a whole lot of sense considering SS is a relatively new position for him.
Everybody knows who Jacoby is.
I think he looks a lot like a young Johnny Damon.
http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper854/stills/429df51d2ceb6-41-1.jpg
Do I have this right?
With Clement on the DL, that means Buchholz could be swapped in for the post-season roster.
That doesn't mean they're right. And it wouldn't be a reward--it'd be bringing up the better player.
And again, that doesn't mean they're right to do so. I Don't they have enough veteraness already?
Starting his clock? By giving him 30 days in September? Heck, I'm not even sure September callups count toward arb time. But if they do, 1 month is not likely to have a major effect on his arb situation. The tiny effect that they do have would be outweighed by Lowrie helping them win the division.
This is all subject to change. Let's give it a try and see what happens. If it doesn't work out, "we" can make changes.
They had a great bit on Clayton over at SOSH (from a Projo article):
That's right. Didn't bother to pick up a ball or bat until he was with the team. I'm sorry, this really sends a terrible message to the players in the minor league system.
Also, I wish they let him go to the Yankees and get important ABs there.
That's just plain silly. Clayton has certainly put in his time...
Clayton's role is going to be, what, 3rd-string middle infielder and sign-stealer (in the 6 games vs Jays)? I dont think its insane to think he'll be better at that job than their minor leaguers.
i took only monday... dizzy would have to throw a perfecto to top this
well 50% is pretty good
Unbelieveable post game interview with Theo Epstein. First, Tito admitted he talked on the phone with Theo after both the 7th and 8th inning regarding pitch counts. In the post-game interview, Theo said that Buchholz career high was 98 pitches and that he absolutely under no circumstances would have thrown more than 120 pitches. According to Theo, "Francona would have pulled him out and blamed me... We would have become the poster boy for [pitch counts], something we did not want to be."
Buchholz struck out Markakis looking to end it with 115 pitches.
Not with the Red Sox. He just took several weeks off and didn't pick up a bat or ball, while Scales was working his butt off.
Why would he better than Scales at this? Good luck signing any minor league FAs next year.
The young hurler demonstrated immense composure the entire game, punctuated by his modest fist pump after completing the no hitter. I get more demonstrative when I win at Madden.
Varitek called a great game. I didn't see the middle innings, but at least from the 5 innings I saw, Clay mixed up his off-speed and fastball very well. The least predictable pitch calling I've seen from Varitek and a young pitcher in a long time. Great battery work.
Varitek called a great game. I didn't see the middle innings, but at least from the 5 innings I saw, Clay mixed up his off-speed and fastball very well. The least predictable pitch calling I've seen from Varitek and a young pitcher in a long time. Great battery work.
He still stood up for the high fastball though. Sigh.
he just turned 23 2 weeks ago.
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