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Clay Buchholz: ‘No restrictions’ in simulated game as hamstring comes through fine 02.23.13 at 1:22 pm ET
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Clay Buchholz talks Saturday after his 37-pitch simulated game. (Mike Petraglia/WEEI.com)

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Clay Buchholz said he felt good after throwing 37 pitches in Saturday morning’s simulated game outside JetBlue Park. Buchholz says he still needs to work on his delivery from the stretch but other than that felt good with his command and his secondary pitches. Buchholz said he felt no ill effects from a very minor right hamstring strain in the first week of camp.

Buchholz threw his whole arsenal of pitches from the windup and stretch, struggling a little bit with his secondary pitches from the stretch in the second inning of his two-inning simulation.

“There’s no restrictions here. I felt really good,” Buchholz said. “The one thing that I definitely need to work on that I haven’t had the chance to is work out of the stretch. Didn’t really go in-depth with it. There were definitely some kinks in the delivery. Other than that, I felt strong. First and foremost, the arm feels really good. The hamstring is sort of secondary to that to me.

“There were no issues. I’ve been running the last couple of days, sprint stuff and I haven’t had anything holding me back so that felt good.”

Buchholz tweaked his right hamstring bending over to pick up a grounder in PFP drills on the first day of camp on Feb. 12. He fielded a high chop on the final pitch to Mike Carp on Saturday but he acknowledged that he hasn’t tested it full yet in game speed.

“I’ve done a little bit of that, too,” Buchholz said of fielding drills. “I haven’t gone completely full speed with that but it can’t be that far away I feel, just keep treating it and go from there.

“They told me four days ago if it was midseason and I needed to pitch, I could pitch. We’re basically treating this as we have two extra weeks here in spring training. There’s no rush for me to get back. I’m still going to have six, maybe seven outings in spring before we head north. I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to be holding me back in the next few days.”

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  • jefferson77

    Bill needs more medication. timmy will not end the 9 year drought

  • Jonah

    Tebow has won more playoff games for the Broncos than Peyton Manning has and with less of a team. Tebow knows how to win. You cannot have enough of that type of a player on a team.Lets see if his talent is good enough to make the Pats team.

    • Dope Hunter

      That’s why I come to this page, to get a good laugh, you Jonah (maybe Johnny) you get the award for the stupidest post of the day….LMAO

  • otis

    I’ll take a quarterback who is 3-2 in early Feb. games over the course of 11 active seasons.

  • Johnny Spygate Smells

    It was the man in your picture who cost the Pats the early February games.

  • fab4ever

    Keep grinding that axe moron…still can’t stand the idea that Tom Terrific is rich, is one handsome dude, a guy who contributes to dozens of charities with his time and money, a guy who continues to win…and is married to a woman you could only dream about….Yeah, it was all Brady’s fault that the Pats lost to the Ravens…yeah, it was all Brady’s fault that he lost twice to the Giants…you know something John, you don’t fool anyone…seriously…you think you’re funny, you’re not. You think you offer insight. You don’t. You’re just a tired act…simple as that…just your post here is enough to show the WEEI world that you’re the alpha loser…keep it up Spyboy…we all love to s**t over you…BTW, I see Eli hasn’t thrown a pick now in what, 6-7 months?

  • bhdyer20

    Teams will not have to prep for the wildcat. The Patriots would never take the Ball out of Brady’s hands so Tebow can run a wildcat scheme even for a few plays a game and every other team in the league knows it so no need to prepare.

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