Clay Buchholz's cruise through the Arizona Fall League hit a bump last week. Buchholz was hit around for 4 1/3 innings (7H, 4 R, 1 BB, 2 K). He has a 2.92 ERA in three starts.

Catcher Mark Wagner is starting to hit in the Arizona league. After a 1-for-11 start, he's 7-for-18, now batting .276. The interest in Wagner is high since Red Sox fans want to know how soon he might be ready for the majors (given the catching questions for Boston).

Another catcher who seems more ready for the majors is Dusty Brown. He's batting .345 in 8 games in the Dominican Winter League.

We will look at the Red Sox catching position in a future blog as we begin a mini-series, looking at the Sox present and future, position by position.

Now here's a look at other Sox minor leaguers in fall and winter leagues:

Arizona:
Hitters: Wagner (.276), Aaron Bates (.222), Josh Reddick (.211).

Pitching: Buchholz (2.92), relievers T.J. Large (3.68), Beau Vaughn (8.10) and Ryne Lawson (9.64) ... Large has had one bad outing, while Vaughn has allowed a ruin in 4 of 5 outings.

Hawaii:
Hitters: Ryan Kalish (.289), Yamaico Navarro (.230).

Pitching: Jose Capellan (9.00 in 4 starts), Dustin Richardson (3.38 in 7 relief outings).

Venezuela:
Hitters: Tony Granadillo (.241), Zach Daeges (.231), Argenis Diaz (.158). League has been going just over a week.

Also in the Dominican league, reliever Hunter Jones has allowed 1 H and 0 R in 4 outings.

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