Clay Buchholz

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Age: 21
Born: August 14, 1984
Lumberton, TX
Height: 6-3
Weight: 190
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Drafted: 2005, 1st
How Acquired: Draft
College: Angelina Junior College
High School: Lumberton HS (TX)
ETA: 2009

Scouting Report: Buchholz has a mid-90s four-seam fastball, a two-seam fastball, a slider, curveball, and a circle change. Also played outfield at Angelina College after transferring from McNeese State.

Clay earned a permanent spot on my radar after last night's performance in an 8-1 win for Lowell over Vermont. I was already checking up on him periodically, but this line will earn more of my attention:

3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K

Here is what he's done in the 10-weeks (14 starts) since being drafted:

0-1, 2.89 ERA, 9.4 K/9, 4.33 K/BB, 1.04 WHIP

Ignore the record since he rarely goes more than 3 innings.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

oh damn, 8 k's in only 3 innings is amazing.

[AnibalJonJon]

Wow, Theo's doing a great job with the farm system. Michael Bowden's another one to watch also.

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Lowell 3 vs. Oneonta 2 9/6/05

4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K

[AnibalJonJon]

0BB, 6K's in 4innings, whoa! =O

[Cityofchampions33]

His K/9 must be amazing, whats his out pitch? Wow, 14 Ks in 7 innings.

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April 7, Greenville vs. Columbus

[code]IP H R ER BB K ERA

5.0 4 1 1 1 6 1.80
[/code]

[yeszir]

I saw this thread title and I was like "OH SHIT!"

[The Monster is my Mom]

Little does the real Clay know what has been done to his name, huh?

[See Red]

Little does the real Clay know what has been done to his name, huh?

I was thinking that as that whole thing was going down... it's going to be difficult to cheer for this kid in light of what happened here.

[CrespoBlows]

Buchholtz threw 5 shutout innings tonight

10 IP 8 H 1 ER 1 BB 9 K's 0.90 ERA

[god is a redsox FAN!]

Noooo!!! Not This Again!!!

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Noooo!!! Not This Again!!!

Why don't you try reading the thread? Clay Buchholz is a Sox pitching prospect, and Crespo was posting his line from tonight. Like it or not, you will hear that name frequently in this forum due to his prospect status. And it has nothing to do with the window-licker that started shit with the board.

[jsinger121]

He is quickly moving up the prospect ranks in the sox system. He should be in Wilmington by at least mid year.

[CrespoBlows]

Do you think Bowden or Buchholtz will end up as the better Sox prospect?