Clay Buchholz News

We're now nearly two months into the 2012 MLB season, and as usual there are a number of teams surprising the masses with how they have performed thus far.

One has to wonder if this current year is shaping up like 2004. There was the bench clearing brawl two nights ago and then the walk-off win after being behind last night; one has to think that this could be turning point of the year, where the Red Sox really come together.

A day game after a walk-off victory the night before is always more appealing when you have a chance to win a series.

The first of three three-city road trips of the year is complete: 5-3, including four wins in five games to finish it out.

The Red Sox are playing better baseball lately and are doing so from every conceivable angle.

Salt Lake native Brandon Duckworth, 36, who has been playing pro baseball for 15 years, seems at peace with his career even though it has been nearly four years since he pitched in a Major League game.

With all the uncertainty surrounding the Boston Red Sox pitching rotation, it's hard to tell who might be the starters by the 2014 season.

May 17, 2012; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Felix Doubront reacts on the mound in the third inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.

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Samardzija entered 2012 with a career 5.30 BB/9 rate, but he has carried a strong spring training into the season, as he sported a 3.00 earned run average and a 1.16 WHIP with a 53:16 K:BB ratio over 51 innings through Sunday.

They were short on manpower for Monday night's game against the Orioles, but not on offensive artillery or grit.

Just when the Red Sox starting rotation was on the verge of having too many options, Daisuke Matsuzaka is unlikely to return for an extended period of time,A Daniel Bard is doing his best to give management every reason to put him back in the bullpenA and then Clay Buchholz throws a stink bomb on the mound in Baltimore.

It's been 11 days since Josh Beckett was booed off the field following a meltdown against the Cleveland Indians , and a week since this observer wrote of the importance of starting pitching to the Red Sox championship prospects.

The Baltimore Orioles knocked starter Clay Buchholz out of the game in the sixth inning, put up six runs and hit their major league-leading 65th home run of the season.

The Baltimore Orioles knocked starter Clay Buchholz out of the game in the sixth inning, put up six runs and hit their major league-leading 65th home run of the season.

His current performance notwithstanding, how Clay Buchholz performs for the Boston Red Sox from here on out will determine the ebb and flow of wins and losses for the team.

Good afternoon. Here are the lineups. RED SOX Aviles SS Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Gonzalez 1B Middlebrooks 3B Saltalamacchia C Nava LF Byrd CF Lin RF Pitching: RHP Clay Buchholz ORIOLES Avery LF Hardy SS Markakis RF Jones CF Wieters C Davis 1B Betemit 3B Johnson DH Andino 2B Pitching: RHP Tommy Hunter Game time: 7:05 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN / WRKO Red Sox vs ... (more)

Joel Beall is Assistant Fantasy Editor for FOX Sports. Previously, his work has appeared in the New York Post and on WhatIfSports.com . MORE Norris is quietly stringing together a strong 2012 season, boasting a 4-1 record with a 3.58 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and 50 strikeouts in 50.1 innings.

It's been a breakout season for Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who deserves to be an AL All-Star if he maintains his current pace.

As we start another week in fantasy baseball on this Monday May 21, there are 13 games on tonight's schedule.