It's only spring training. It's only spring training.
Is there any point during spring training that we should start to worry just a little? The line for Clay Buchholz today looked more like an average day for John “way back” Wasdin. Eleven runs (six earned) on 11 hits, four of them being of the home run variety, in just four innings. But Clay looks at the glass as half full, Papelbon-style:
“Probably best I’ve felt all spring,” Buchholz said. “Felt like the ball was coming out of my hand good. Felt like one of those days that even ahead of the count it got hit. The home runs, thought a couple of them were hit well, thought a couple of them were fly balls. Can’t do anything about that … Hopefully that stuffs out of the way.”
Just working out the kinks, shaking off the rust, right? Trying out new pitches, testing a different arm angle. Yeah, that’s it. One week from tomorrow, no more excuses. As Buchholz said, hopefully that stuff’s out of the way.
