September 18, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Buchholz to pitch in the AFL
According to Rob Bradford of WEEI, Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz will be headed to the Arizona Fall League next month to pitch approximately 25 innings for the Scottsdale Scorpions. Other Sox minor leaguers headed to play for Scottsdale are Aaron Bates, Josh Reddick, Mark Wagner, TJ Large, Ryne Lawson, and Beau Vaughan. Vaughan, a 2003 draftee who earned a late-season promotion to Pawtucket, will be a minor league free agent come October 15, but is a candidate to be re-signed or added to the 40-man roster this off-season. The AFL season gets underway on October 7, and goes through November 22. The league is typically comprised of highly-regarded prospects from the AA and AAA levels.