Buchholz injures hammy less than an hour into workouts

[bagwell368]

I mean the guy is injury prone but....

[Station 13]

I'm kinda tired of this guy.

[bagwell368]

I'm kinda tired of this guy.

98.5 says "pulled"

I remember during/after Buchholz's one big year lots of folks here were touting him as a Lester killer. Lester could retire tomorrow and end up having done more than this guy is going to do. Get him healthy and get him out of here.

[grandsalami]

really? its the first day of ST, I dont see the outrage...

[mooz]

Are you kidding me?! I've been a huge Buchholz supporter for a long time but it's getting a bit ridiculous now. And pulled hamstrings are my least favorite injuries in baseball. This will bother him all season, I can almost guarantee it.

[grandsalami]

Are you kidding me?! I've been a huge Buchholz supporter for a long time but it's getting a bit ridiculous now. And pulled hamstrings are my least favorite injuries in baseball. This will bother him all season, I can almost guarantee it.

doubut it will bother him all season....

[grandsalami]

anyway I get what your saying, but lets wait for a report on the status (how bad it is) before we worry. It could be nothing.

[grandsalami]

Alex Speier ‏@alexspeier
Buchholz had a mild hamstring strain covering 1B. He's day to day.

[AI4]

I understand the general feeling, it's getting old and maybs he should be dealt if there is a team willing to offer a good package. He has a nice contract, under club control for a while and pitching is at a premium. We should be able to get good value in return.

[mooz]

anyway I get what your saying, but lets wait for a report on the status (how bad it is) before we worry. It could be nothing.

Yeah, I understand and I'd love to read a report that says it's a non-issue but from my experience, hamstrings are almost never a non-issue. It is probably the easiest injury to reaggravate in sports. With Buch's history of nagging injuries with his back, the last thing we need is him favoring a hamstring.

I understand the general feeling, it's getting old and maybs he should be dealt if there is a team willing to offer a good package. He has a nice contract, under club control for a while and pitching is at a premium. We should be able to get good value in return.

I'd love to see him become the pitcher he's supposed to be wearing a Red Sox uniform but I agree, at this point if you can get a good return on him, take it. We aren't contending for at least a couple years so why not stock up for the future.

[bagwell368]

really? its the first day of ST, I dont see the outrage...

No outrage. But tweeking a hammy can mean two things. Buchholz didn't do much off season stretching/conditioning which isn't a good move for a guy making nice money coming off a meh season.

Also, it means that any angst that Red Sox fans have (a ton in total) only gets another "WTF!" added to it, obviously only a physic injury, but, geez thanks I had all I needed by the end of 1979...

[Nomar]

Regardless how anyone feels, the fact that people want to trade him (generally) probably means his value isnt all too high at the moment. Suppose he does very well the first half of the year. Then you can consider trading him or keeping him because his contract is definitely reasonable.

Clay isn't reliable, that's the beef with him. He's a good guy to have in your rotation if you make the playoffs, but he unreliability due to health issues always makes him closer to a net negative during the regular season. You try to put him as a #2 or #3 starter in the pre-season, but he ends up either missing or pitching hurt/underperforming for around half of his starts anyway. Factor that in with the losses he has in his healthy half of the year and the starts your getting from the third slot in the rotation are going to be below average for sure. He's better off on a team with a couple very strong pitchers - a team that doesn't depend him too much to make the playoffs but uses him as a weapon once the playoffs begin. Our problem is that we expect him to be our second best starter, then get bit in the *** when he's hurt half for long stretches of time. If he's having a killer 1st half, I would like want to trade him; unless we're somehow serious contenders.

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@PeteAbe
Buchholz just described his hamstring pull "as mild as can be." #RedSox

Doesn't sound like anything but a precaution because it's spring training. I'm sure it won't be that long until he gets a real injury to complain about.

[bagwell368]

@PeteAbe
Buchholz just described his hamstring pull "as mild as can be." #RedSox

Doesn't sound like anything but a precaution because it's spring training. I'm sure it won't be that long until he gets a real injury to complain about.

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[ManRamForPrez24]

It's day one of Spring Training. Minor injuries like these are gonna happen. Whatever....