In Clay Buchholz's 17 games started this year, you know how many of them he's allowed more than 2 ER? Six. He's known as the guy that could blow up in your face on any given night, yet has been one of the stabler pitchers around. After last night's gem of 9.0 IP, 1 ER, 6 Hits, 0 BBs, 8 Ks, Clay has allowed 1 ER or fewer in each of his last four games lowering his FIP to 2.55 and xFIP to 3.16. I'm not sold that Buchholz is the Top 30 pitcher those numbers detail, but I'm willing to give him more of a chance than before.
Let’s see what every other SP did yesterday: