PT TOMORROW: AL East—Buchholz still a ‘buy low’?
Aug 17 2014
Fantasy owners may be feeling a bit gun shy about adding Clay Buchholz (RHP, BOS). No sooner had Baseball HQ starting-pitching analyst Stephen Nickrand endorsed Buchholz as a buy-low candidate did he unleash a pair of 5-IP, 7-ER stink bombs on owners who had the misfortune of adding him at that point.
Since then, however, Buchholz has shown that Nickrand may have been on to something, posting a pair of PQS-5s. In addition to the evidence Nickrand cited about Buchholz’s skills, there is other evidence that Buchholz may be more reliable down the stretch than it seems at first blush.
For one, Buchholz has changed his approach since returning from the disabled list in late June, mixing in more curveballs. In addition,...
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