Things are looking up in the Clay Buchholz camp today. He started the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates going 3 innings and allowing 2 hits, a walk and striking out 2. This is a marked improvement from his first appearance this spring.
In the meantime, ESPN Boston reports that Daisuke Matsuzaka was taking what was supposed to be his first step towards being ready to go on opening day by tossing live BP, but only five pitches into warm-ups he experienced neck stiffness and had to stop. On top of that he apparently needs to return to Boston to deal with a personal matter.
It seems that after all of the hullabaloo as to who would be the five men in the starting rotation come April 4th, things have worked themselves out. I think this is Clay Buchholz's chance to go out there and make himself necessary to success. If Buchholz is good then the organization has no choice but to keep him in Boston if and when Dice-K returns. We shall see.
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