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Rangers Have Been In Contact With Clay Buchholz

By Steve Adams | January 21, 2019 at 1:34pm CDT

The Rangers have dramatically revamped their rotation this offseason by adding Drew Smyly, Lance Lynn and Shelby Miller (in addition to selecting Edinson Volquez to the 40-man roster), but Fancred’s Jon Heyman tweets that the Texas organization has also “been in contact” with free-agent righty Clay Buchholz. He further qualifies that there’s “no word” whether a deal between the two sides is close, but the connection is nonetheless of some note.

It’s been a quiet season in terms of teams being connected to Buchholz. The 34-year-old was nothing short of spectacular in 2018, as he turned in 98 1/3 brilliant innings with the D-backs after being cut loose by Kansas City. With Arizona, Buchholz pitched to a 2.01 ERA with 7.4 K/9, 2.0 BB/9, 0.82 HR/9 and a 42.6 percent ground-ball rate in 16 starts.

The veteran Buchholz looked to be positioning himself for a multi-year contract in free agency, but he unfortunately suffered a flexor mass strain in his right forearm that truncated his season in September. The injury didn’t require surgical repair — Buchholz underwent a platelet-rich plasma injection — but did give teams some understandable cause for concern, especially when considering his injury history. Buchholz did, after all, miss nearly the entire 2017 season due to a flexor tear in his right arm and also missed substantial time in 2015 due to a flexor strain.

For the Rangers or any other pitching-needy team, Buchholz is a sensible buy-low option — likely on a one-year deal, depending on the current state of his forearm and progress he’s made in rehabbing the injury. Joining the Rangers and their homer-happy home park may not be the most appealing option for Buchholz, though Miller wasn’t deterred by that concept when signing a one-year deal with Texas.

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  1. dionls

    6 years ago

    Yankees

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    • david klein

      6 years ago

      He wants a guaranteed rotation spot I’m sure

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      • fuchholz

        6 years ago

        he’s a FOR guy. no. doubt.

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  2. Basebal101

    6 years ago

    Can’t believe this guy is 34 already. Hope he can return to health and end his career on a positive note.

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    • sethesq

      6 years ago

      Ditto

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  3. GOP Lizards

    6 years ago

    Still not an inspiring rotation.

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    • TwinsTrio

      6 years ago

      It’s not awe-inspiring, but still as good as, or better, than half the leagues’ teams.

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      • GOP Lizards

        6 years ago

        Here’s Marlins rotation: Jose Urena Trevor Richards Wei-Yin Chen Dan Straily Caleb Smith

        Tigers: Jordan Zimmermann Michael Fulmer Matthew Boyd Tyson Ross Matt Moore

        Rays: Blake Snell Charlie Morton Tyler Glasnow Wilmer Font Jake Faria

        Orioles: Dylan Bundy Andrew Cashner Alex Cobb Yefry Ramirez David Hess

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      • diddlez

        6 years ago

        No, it’s easily in the running for the worst rotation in all of baseball.

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      • Michael Chaney

        6 years ago

        It’s not even close to being as good or better than half the league’s teams. If the league only had two teams, maybe.

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    • throwinched10

      6 years ago

      Not an inspiring team…

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  4. commentinggenius

    6 years ago

    The Giants should take a shot at Buchholz if the price is right.

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  5. allweatherfan

    6 years ago

    He’ll get injured signing the contract.

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    • jorge78

      6 years ago

      LOL

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    • User 4245925809

      6 years ago

      Hes was injured sleeping with his baby the year he was like 12-1 at the AS break and was pretty much done for the rest of the season. he is 1 of the few players in the game who might be more fragile than Ellsbury and Adam Eaton.

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  6. The Ranger Fan

    6 years ago

    This rotation seems better than some we’ve had in the past,Signing Clay would be an awesome pickup for this team,now we need a good contact hitting 3rd baseman and a center fielder who makes contact as well as power. Ready for everyone to sign and spring training to get underway. 2020 in the new Stadium and gonna spend some money.

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  7. Vanilla Good

    6 years ago

    I’ve been hoping the Brewers would be in on this guys. Crushed it with AZ before he got hurt last year.

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  8. its_happening

    6 years ago

    Texas is a launching pad. They just need to strike on one or two arms and either they play themselves into a WC spot or they deal said arms at the deadline. Rangers may be the unnamed team after Machado.

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    • throwinched10

      6 years ago

      Texas could sign Keuchel and Buccholz and still won’t be in the WC race.

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      • johnrealtime

        6 years ago

        Most probably would have said similar things about the Rayd and A’s this year. You really never know with the MLB and the Rangers have some talented players

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    • Texassooner

      6 years ago

      Texas used to be a launching pad. They have calmed down that reputation with ballpark adjustments.

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  9. BartoloHRball

    6 years ago

    I’ve been quietly hoping the Mets are in on him. I watched almost every started last season and he definitely looked a lot better than I expected. It’s always been about his health, so it’s still a roll of the dice, but likely a worthwhile one. I’m guessing 1/$12m or maybe 2/$20m. With his injury history I’m not really sure what he is expecting.

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  10. Lefty Grove’s right hand

    6 years ago

    When are the A’s going to get a starter?? I thought they were going to get Gray for sure. Who will they get now? I still think Gio will go to the A’s.

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    • rathman53

      6 years ago

      Id like them to pick up atleast 2 out of Gio, Buchholtz, Edwin Jackson.

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  11. RedKing22

    6 years ago

    I’m definitely going to miss Buchholz. He was rock solid for us last year and was a fantastic surprise. I hope he can return to health and succeed wherever he goes next.

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  12. bobtillman

    6 years ago

    It’s all about health, no? I watched Buck pitch in Arizona last year; there were some games he was completely unhittable. He always did have more pitches than he needed; I think that was part of his problem. Last year at least he appeared he was picking the right ones.

    But it’s a longshot. Good sign for the Rangers, tho, who figure to be in “Let’s Make A Deal” mode on July 31.

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  13. simschifan

    6 years ago

    He would probably love pitching for Texas he is from there.

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  14. Fire Jon Daniels

    6 years ago

    This seems like it could be a halfway decent rotation if no one gets seriously injured. Not too bad of a job cobbling it together by Jon.

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    • oz10

      6 years ago

      I had to pinch myself to make sure that this was real!

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      • Fire Jon Daniels

        6 years ago

        I’m only painfully biased 99% of the time.

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  15. Kelly Wunsch N' Munch

    6 years ago

    Where are you at White Sox!? Been clamoring to take a flier on this guy for quite a while now! With your supremely talented trainers, you may be able to get a full season of production out of him. Stuff has never been an issue. Health always has been. Risk/reward seems to favor a shot. Rodon to the pen as a Hader/Miller type. Nova is stuck here thanks to an average move at best. Would’ve signed Buchholz before making that trade. Miller wouldn’t have been a terrible idea either. Plenty of potential upside. Plenty of moves could’ve been made. Alonso!? McCann!? Jay!? What are you doing!?

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