I though after pitching a no hitter this guy would continue to start. this is absurd.
2007-09-04 17:36:31 · 4 answers · asked by Moore55 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
yeah true look at bud smith, anibal sanchez. heck even eric milton threw a no hitter!
but clay has nasty stuff im sure he'll have a great career
2007-09-04 17:55:46 · update #1
They are limiting his total number of innings for the year since he's so inexperienced. I don't know how many he has left but it's not enough to start regularly. I'm not sure if he's being held for spot starts or just relief. The vast majority of rookies who threw no-hitters had short careers, many of them ended by injuries. Management is hoping to beat the odds and not damage him early.
By the way, Epstein said he'd have forced Francona to pull him at 120 pitches even if he was one strike from finishing the no-hitter.
2007-09-04 17:53:37 · answer #1 · answered by Houyhnhnm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buckholtz was a spot start, becasue Wakefiled was scratched from his last start so Tavarez moved up one day and they needed a spot starter for Saturday. He is very impressive, but I think when they brought him back up the plans where to have him work out of the bullpen similair to Joba Chamberlain does with the Yankees.
2007-09-05 02:16:34 · answer #2 · answered by Eric G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only reason i could see to that is maybe the want to save him for the playoff , not to wear him down , because other than that hes been dominant against the orioles , obviously , but also in his first start again the angels
2007-09-04 17:41:15 · answer #3 · answered by some guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the red sox didn't need a good pitcher to
risk injury against a crummy opponent
like toronto. it's fundamental.
2007-09-04 17:56:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋