Clay Buchholz, Sox SP, 1 on 1 with Lou Merloni

I -- Red Sox pitcher clay buckles clay -- for some sort of a yourself you're are you feel physically coming here in camp after a Felger you know. -- to throw a -- off seasons are a little bit earlier just just make sure that there wasn't any setbacks -- in the offseason that are when I got here so. Nobody feels -- feels strong and in -- this thing known how close were you to come back Lester wasn't I was in the bullpen in their last game. -- Of a case of Rose where we were a bit late in the game and not to come in and and -- couple hitters and then. You know and and get the feel back a little bit and you know especially. Knocks the rust off that this part. I was available for that game and then after the game after we lost the came out here and threw about eight innings and and instructional league games and you know that it didn't really wanted to down here at the time but I think it was best thing for me just know that I was I was OK in the offseason. After being an instructional league and we realistically is if the team had gotten to the players and indeed was your chance of maybe you could have started -- register we have a we we talked about a little bit and you know I don't think it would have been. Medium or -- for a 78 innings of this and meaningless to pitch counts for down but I think it was a big pitch count issue on the myelin restarting. I can get through four in -- and four good innings and wasn't like a system might come in and and throw as meetings as they could you know I think that was that was brought up but. That's where I wanted to do anyways and if that is that a Rose. No I never did so. And might have been for the best of them -- things happen for reasons so. Also -- and also -- doesn't go -- way I was just -- I think initially coming down here was last September in the collapse in chicken and -- was mentioned all the time it seemed as though you came in here and then cut him -- just the right way -- in a -- pretty honest with everything yeah I -- on. I think everybody here knows that. Everybody's gonna make bad decisions are renowned and you know we're still we're still humans and it's. You know players that are as it was still bad decisions in September I think a lot of it was from us not playing well in. And people not really know what to do because -- never been in an adverse situation like that late in the season so. Yeah I was a bigger by came on and seventy something here buzzer to move on and you know things. That way everybody's here and nick and excited -- for the season he's one of those guys -- got -- and Pedro Martinez Rivers says you know if you just do a little bit away media helped his endurance last off season you come minicamp. A little bit heavier out of that feeling your body as felt heavy you know. My whole life for my whole professional for a bit and started pitching at -- 135 and then got up to 185 -- were floated around for my first five years and you know drug that drug getting older way and have a little bit of fat on my body come in the camping. And you know I just didn't it and filling me -- and you'll just running around and everything doing agility stuff out to still have in that -- didn't feel normal and is so. Try the cut back a little bit this this offseason start running a little bit earlier -- Well when I found the story of some bouts and grounds it. Nobody thinks so far in the first camp Bobby Valentine Terry Francona the manager for persons you've been here in the big leagues what are some of the changes you see. You know then there's in this camp for an early smoothly so far it's been you know station to station there's no -- sitting back and in. Times of not doing than just standing around you know every spare time you get from one once by you run to the next one and then it starts out so it's. It's run its run really smooth and has -- run smoothly Lester got. There's a little bit. More center around time last year between do what we're doing so I think that's that's a big step up for a.

I like to talk about before like defected to the pitching groups is not the the projected starting five in the same group together Bobby and Obama closed him up at the idea apparently that. To moving guys around. How do you like it seems as though. It kind of did you guys -- more leaders maybe in your group.

And that and I mean it and you know my calls guys the slack off then if you get them. The five starters in one group you know. Might like I think we -- a little bit last year where we were missing their cutting up and laugh and and maybe not get as much work -- and in this year you get guys that are. That are competing for a job that that wanna be out there and you know just push you harder to go out there and do Julia do the get through today one of decisions to your communication group that that seems to be something I love I think it just promotes talking baseball -- you can feel -- I don't know its weird you know they got. Two or three catchers over there and and all the pitchers that are -- yesterday for instance we talked about what pitches you throw in and how I like that a particular hitters and and you know what's what are you like to do in certain situations and you know just it's an out there -- so it's not foreign whenever a situation does there I was there in game. That you need to dig out and you're not out there -- chicken chicken and stuff and often. You know it's just the way the time do analysts also. The more you know your catches and more than you think the more -- game bunting this early in spring training about the all spring training is a little bit -- eligibility I feel that's been going. That's a good yesterday -- there -- loaded double for us to look at it like it feel like -- yeah I think I think it's good you know I mean. We're not that there was some point this year I think -- Tampa guys Lester listening button that you're around like human being in the season so. It's I think it's gonna force the to -- about your hands a little bit more comfortable there as comfortable as you can be in. You know and get ready for that tomorrow I Clair appreciate him and good luck for him.