Kazanas passed along a recommendation to scouting supervisor Nathan Durst and scouting director Duane Shaffer. Doug Laumann and Kenny Stauffer of the White Sox's staff also took a look, and they all agreed that the kid was worth a shot. Chicago selected Buehrle in the 38th round as a "draft and follow,'' and signed him for a $150,000 bonus the following May.Buehrle is good. Maybe not as good as Halladay, CC Sabathia or Zach Greinke, but he's up there.
Buehrle made it to the majors by age 21, posted a 19-12 record at age 23 and pitched a no-hitter at age 28. Buehrle is extremely durable, relies on guile and control rather than velocity and has 133 career victories at age 30, so he might be as legitimate a candidate to win 300 games as any pitcher out there.
Will he get to 300 wins? Maybe -- but he's never had a 20 win season. Then again, he has never made less than 30 starts in a full season as a starter.
At his rate of wins from 2001 to 2008 (14.75 wins per season, and he will be a little higher than that this year), he would need to play about 20 seasons to reach 300. It's conceivable.
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