This is game 7, I'd hope that everyone is available (lone exception being maybe Okajima). Papelbon threw 8 pitches last night and had a rest day the day before that.
This is great news for Clay and it'd be great to see him finish the year in the minors strong. In a recent Globe article it talked about how Clay went back to how he pitched last year (so I'm assuming old armslot?).
Thus far in AA: 15.0 IP, 7 hits, 1 BB, 18 K, 1.80 ERA
Clay's first game back in AA went decently well: 7.0 IP, 5 hits, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
Good strikeout numbers, no walks, no HR. All 3 ER came in the 3rd off three consecutive hits.
Exposito is definitely the best catching prospect in the system, and he actually has a reverse split home and away:
Home: .271/.307/.402/.709
Away: .354/.381/.677/1.058