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The Phillies Have Traded for Clay Buchholz
By Jim Adair
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According to multiple reports, including Jon Heyman and Matt Gelb, the Phillies have traded for Red Sox RHP Clay Buchholz. In return the Phillies have sent minor league second-baseman Josh Tobias to Boston.
Buchholz is known for perhaps the highest-high and lowest-low you can accomplish as a pitcher. In his second career start in 2007, he threw a no-hitter, becoming only the third pitcher since 1900 to do so in their first or second MLB start. Last year, he started a game against the Anaheim Angels that resulted in the Sox’s worst loss since 2000, a 21-2 slaughter.
While bouncing back and forth between the rotation and the bullpen last year, Buchholz worked himself to a 8-10 record with a 4.78 ERA.
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