Jays claim right-hander Taylor Buchholz

Peteros · Post #1 » by **Peteros** » Thu Sep 9, 2010 10:58 pm

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2010/0 ... _buchholz/

TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays have claimed right-hander Taylor Buchholz off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

The 28-year-old Buchholz was designated for assignment on Tuesday. He was 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA in seven relief appearances with the Rockies.

Buchholz started the season in the minors while recovering from elbow ligament replacement surgery in 2009. He has a career record of 19-21 with one save and a 4.42 ERA over four seasons with Houston and Colorado.

The Blue Jays also moved righty Jesse Litsch to the 60-day disabled list on Thursday.

He had season-ending hip surgery in early August and won't be ready until spring training.

Post #2 » by **Schad** » Thu Sep 9, 2010 11:06 pm

Works for me...Buchholz was a pretty solid reliever prior to Tommy John surgery, and he's the kind of guy we should be targeting as we search for bargain bin gems to replace our free agent relievers.

SharoneWright · Post #3 » by **SharoneWright** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:02 am

Schadenfreude wrote:Works for me...Buchholz was a pretty solid reliever prior to Tommy John surgery, and he's the kind of guy we should be targeting as we search for bargain bin gems to replace our free agent relievers.

Agreed. Hopefully he hits his stride and finds a place with TO. Could be a Win-Win.

DonYon · Post #4 » by **DonYon** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 2:11 am

I'm dissapointed that his first name isn't clay

Post #5 » by **Morris_Shatford** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:00 am

Found his role as a reliever a few years ago before surgery,
If he can rediscover that it looks like AA has found another gem in the scrap heap, if not he can be dropped.

I like it.

CapeCrusader · Post #6 » by **CapeCrusader** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:07 am

DonYon wrote:I'm dissapointed that his first name isn't clay

Lol same!

rarefind · Post #7 » by **rarefind** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:22 am

this is a great pick up. high reward, low risk; start packing tallet.

mastertang · Post #8 » by **mastertang** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:42 pm

DonYon wrote:I'm dissapointed that his first name isn't clay

Lol I pick up my newspaper today and see "Blue jays pick up Buchholz"... thought they meant Clay.

Avenger · Post #9 » by **Avenger** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:53 pm

Taylor Buchholz before Tommy John was probably a better pitcher than Clay Buchholz and there's small chance he'll be a better pitcher next year although numerous pitchers have fallen by the wayside after Tommy John