Clay Buchholz fine with being at back-end of the rotation

Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz is fine with the fact he's lining up as the fifth starter to open the season.

"My first or second year in the big leagues my job was to be the fourth or fifth starter," he said, per MassLive.com. "And there was a span during the season when four or five games in a row I faced (CC Sabathia, Max Scherzer and Zack Greinke), so it doesn’t matter where you start."

The Red Sox are hoping the extra rest at the beginning of the season will help the oft-injured hurler.

"I feel pretty good right now," he said. "Just taking it easy I guess. As far as the workload and everything, more rest and more time to prepare is always a good thing. I’d say it doesn’t bother me where I start.

"There's a formula to it. This is a hard game to play, especially how many games we have during a season. Some people make it look easy, the (Dustin) Pedroias that play every game at a pretty crazy position. Jon Lester throws his 220-230 innings every year. You really look at it and there’s not that many people who play throughout a whole season in the game. I would’ve loved to pitch all the through (2013) but it didn’t happen. So I have to try to find a way to do it this year."