Considering his long-ago tortured starting history, aside from running on the field to open a game, this all felt, in Clay Holmes’ word, “normal.”
PORT ST. LUCIE — These really were the four starts — the first four and final four — that Clay Holmes made in the majors. It was 2018. He was a rookie:
1. Joe Musgrove, the key return in the offseason trade of Gerrit Cole from Pittsburgh to Houston, developed a right finger infection. So, Holmes had to fly to Los Angeles to start on Independence Day against the NL’s best offense.
