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Fantasy Baseball: Clay Buchholz Is a Great Buy-Low Candidate in 2017

Due to a second-half resurgence led by fewer fly balls, Buchholz could find a nice home in Philadelphia.

On Tuesday morning, the Philadelphia Phillies traded for right-handed pitcher Clay Buchholz in exchange for minor league prospect Josh Tobias.

While the Phillies would appear to have a pretty crowded rotation situation, Buchholz's expensive 2017 salary (he is owed $13.5 million in 2017) probably means he has a role somewhere on this starting staff.

On pure numbers, it's hard to see why Buchholz would have a spot in the rotation -- he racked up an 8-10 record and a 4.