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April 10, 2011

Red Sox, Buchholz Agree To Four-Year Extension

The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz have agreed to a four-year contract extension, worth approximately $30 million. A formal announcement will be made later today.

The contract -- a similar arrangement to the one the team made with Jon Lester in 2009 -- buys out Buchholz's three arbitration-eligible years and one year of free agency (2012-15). It also has options for 2016 and 2017.

Buchholz turns 27 this August.
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8 comments:

  1. PhilipApril 10, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    Goddamnit.

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  2. PhilipApril 10, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Whenever I see "Clay Buchholz" and "similar to. . . Jon Lester", I die a little inside. One is on the shortlist of the top pitchers in baseball. The other is an overrated man with a scary adam's apple.

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  3. allanApril 10, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    The other is an overrated man with a scary adam's apple.

    Who had the best ERA+ in MLB last year.

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  4. allanApril 10, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    And who, even with his horrific 2008 season, has a career 120 ERA+, not too far behind Lester's 129.

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  5. PhilipApril 10, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    I hate to be the doomsday prophet, but it's utterly unsustainable. He doesn't K enough guys or limit walks well enough or get enough GBs.

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  6. PhilipApril 10, 2011 at 6:28 PM

    And vis a vis your response on the gamethread--right at the beginning--13 ABs is in no way an indicative SS for Ells vs. Sabathia.

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  7. allanApril 10, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    We shall see.

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  8. allanApril 10, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    fuck yeah. more run(s) pls ....

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