The question with Buchholz is the same as it's always been: how many starts will he make? Because he won't make all of them. At least, he never has before. Since his first full season in the majors in 2008, Buchholz has averaged just 21 starts, topping out at 29 in 2012 and 28 in 2010 and 2014. That 2010 season was the one that was supposed to herald his arrival as a legitimate top of the rotation starter. He finished sixth in the Cy Young voting while posting an ERA+ of 187: 2.33 ERA, 6.2 K/9, 3.5 BB/9, 0.5 HR/9 in 173 2/3 innings. But he entered a cycle of every-other-year endurance, making just 14 starts in 2011, followed by 29 in 2012, then 16 in 2013, 28 in 2014, and 18 in 2015.