Tied for the AL lead in wins (8-3),
Nearly leading the league with an ERA of 2.39,
5-0 in his last 5 starts, with a .99 ERA,
The Globe had the great stat this morning that since August of last year, he's 14-4 with a 3.38 ERA. Two months ago, people were arguing that Clay Buchholz should be held out of the rotation in favor of Tim Wakefield. How dumb do they look now? (same could be said for those of us (including myself) who wrote off Ortiz)
Right now (knock on wood), it's Clay Buchholz and David Price in a battle for who is starting the AL All-Star game. He's been that good.
Going into 2010 we all hoped Clay Buchholz would continue to progress and mature. Turns out, he's blown our expectations out of the water. Now, he's set the bar at a near irrational level, and us Bostonians are amazing at having irrational expectations.
Buchholz continued to add to his 2010 resume last night with his economical 101 pitch complete game shutout of the O's. If it wasn't for Lester's studliness, Buchholz would have to be Boston's go-to arm at this point (and he still may be).
In my mind, it's all about his confidence, and at this point, it's at an all-time high....leading to his outright dominance.
And for anyone who says we should trade him now should be hit over the head with a hammer and left for dead. He and Lester are the only arms keeping this rotation together.
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In the "how dumb do they look now" category, please add the people who doubted the Adrian Beltre move.
I'd say that would be accurate. Probably a good call (i'm still knocking on wood).
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