SUNDAY: Arizona has officially selected Buchholz’s contract. To create space for him, the team transferred righty Randall Delgado to the 60-day DL with a strained left oblique and optioned fellow righty Jimmie Sherfy to Triple-A.
FRIDAY: The Diamondbacks will select the contract of veteran righty Clay Buchholz, manager Torey Lovullo told reporters including Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic (Twitter link). He’ll make a start on Sunday, so presumably the roster move won’t be made official until then.
Buchholz joined the Arizona organization earlier this month after opting out of his deal with the Royals. It turned out that the Snakes needed the extra arm. With Robbie Ray on the shelf and Taijuan Walker down for the year, the club has already dipped into its system to plug in Matt Koch. The fifth spot is open to whoever can lay claim to it; fellow veteran Kris Medlen stumbled in his attempt but is among the other pitchers still on hand at Triple-A.
Like current D-Backs GM Mike Hazen, Buchholz has spent the bulk of his career with the Red Sox organization. Now 33, Buchholz was seen as an interesting bounceback candidate by the Phillies in 2017. But he was knocked around in two starts before going down with a flexor tear.
This upcoming appearance, then, will be Buchholz’s first in the majors in over a year. In five outings in the upper minors, he has worked to a 2.93 ERA with 19 strikeouts and a dozen walks over 27 2/3 innings. The Diamondbacks would obviously be thrilled if he can provide some useful innings.
The Royal?
Hmm I wonder what he could have possibly meant?!
That’s what Dayton Moore refers to himself as.
Great job finding that typo Ernesto your level of intelligence is something we should all strive to achieve. You should try proof reading tweets you’d have a blast
Seth, he is typical. Just downvote and move away. Its easy to do that to background noise.
Claydro!!!
Bucholz is gonna pitch? HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA. Lucky team who faces him.
*Buchholz
Good thing you caught that quick. Ernesto Figueroa, an 87 year old “Royal” fan, was just finished typing up his 11 minute, two word post and had his finger trembling over the send key.
If you are looking for a flyer to take a shot on, I don’t see the harm in it. Good luck Claydro.
An unprepared Ubaldo Jimenez and a shoe will do a better job.
The shoe, maybe. Ubaldo? I’ll take my shot with Buchholz.
I’m going to watch that game. Kinda like driving past a horrific car accident slowly. Not proud of that.
Can we wait until he actually pitches in an MLB game again before you haters start trolling again please?
I actually like Buchholz, but he should be better with the White Sox as he’ll have more leeway.
Put that bullfrog back on your arm or do like Chad Green does and hide it on your belt.
What’s his velocity like vs when he had success with Boston? If he’s lost a ton of arm strength he would have to reinvent his game which some have had success doing but odds strongly against but if velocity is still there and he’s just lost his feel or command I would take a flier on him regaining it with time and getting some work in.
Consider the situation there too. You’ve already called up a starter from AAA without knowing much about their farm system I have my doubts they have anyone else that wouldn’t suffer from being rushed to the majors and would likely be ineffective. Trade market is the only other option and not as many sellers until closer to the deadline where they have a better feel for their chances. Likely an overpay on the trade market right now
I bet Yankee fans wouldn’t mind seeing Sonny Grey traded away. They have several youngsters who are about ready to step into their rotation. They should try to get something back for him, before his value completely tanks to nothing.
He’s gonna get destroyed if he don’t get that command in check
Okay, D-Back fans, the Braves have a relative surplus right now of extra arms on their 40-man roster…
McCarthy or Sanchez could be had as cheap vetearn options, and both have shown they still have some quality innings left this season…
After those two, the Braves also have Wisler..He’s had some success at the ML level, but he just hasn’t really had the chance to grow and develop at the ML level..Once he had a down season, and battled through some injuries, Coppy and the former F.O. soured on him..A.A. also doesn’t seem to think very highly of Wisler, and clearly doesn’t see him in the long-term plans..So, Wisler is also available, at a relatively low cost, in terms of price and return..
Then, we have the unproven younger pitchers in Fried and Sims. Both, forme top prospects, have been surpassed by younger, more talented teammates, but they’re also still very talented pitchers. I’m sure either pitcher could be had for a moderately low price..Their talent is undeniable, but they need a longer look at the ML level, instead of being yo-yo’ed back and forth getting a spot start here, and a couple of bullpen appearances there…No pitcher can sustain a high level of success being brought up and down like that, especially when your role is changing just about each time…
D-Backs fans, what do you guys think?? And realistically, who would you trade; in order to, acquire either McCarthy, Sanchez, Wisler, Sims, or Fried?? Or could you see those players being part of a bigger package/trade??
What about McCarthy, with his contract paid off, and Johan Camargo, for Drew Ellis??
Or Max Fried and Johan Camargo for Drew Ellis??
No way we would trade from our already weak farm. We have Shelby Miller coming back in a 6-8 weeks and Robbie Ray hopefully in 3-4 weeks. We also have several staggered days off that can be used to skip that spot in the rotation until Ray or Miller is back. Clarke is also an option to get a chance to start if Clay sucks. Then we still have Shipley who has proven to be below average, but still has as much, if not more potential than either of the two options you just listed
Johan Camargo will eventually hit more consistently. The Braves should not trade him. You’re right on with Brandon McCarthy. They don’t need his salary..
Sucholz good luck to them
I honestly wish him well. He seems like an okay guy. When he was healthy, he was a pretty good pitcher and he has a hot wife. Meets all my standards.
Wow, I haven’t heard this name in ages
Hope the best in his comeback attempt. Can’t be a bad first start against the Mets of May.