The Philadelphia Phillies just traded away their 2nd baseman, Josh Tobias who plays for the Salem Red Sox, a minor league baseball team in Virginia for Boston Red Sox's two time All-Star pitcher Clay Buchholz. Josh Tobias had a batting average of .216, scored seven runs, had three RBI's, one home run, and one stolen base for the Salem Red Sox. The Phillies clearly got the upper hand of this trade. Clay Buchholz will bring leadership and experience to this young bullpen. Clay Buchholz has a career ERA of 3.96, a career record of 81-61, and 899 career strike outs. Clay Buchholz stats for this past season was an ERA of 4.78, a record of 8-10, and 93 strikeouts.
The Philadelphia Phillies only had two pitchers with double digit wins this past season, those pitchers were Jeremy Hellickson and Jerad Eickhoff. Jeremy had 12 wins and Jerad had 11 wins. The best ERA for the season was pitcher Alec Asher who had an ERA of 2.28 in the five games he played. The main Phillies Pitcher who received the most national buzz was Vince Velasquez who had eight wins, 152 strikeouts, and an ERA of 4.12.
We shall soon see what type of impact Clay Buchholz will have on the Philadelphia Phillies next season.
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