Buchholz wore No. 11 the final seven seasons of his 10-year career with Boston. That is not particularly interesting, except Jimmy Rollins wore that number most of his 15-year career in Philadelphia. Nobody has worn it since the Phillies traded Rollins to the Dodgers in December 2014, but the Phillies also have not retired it because they have a policy to only retire numbers of players who are in the Hall of Fame. Still, Rollins is the greatest shortstop in Phillies history, in arguably the greatest era in Phillies history.
Sheridan, who is tasked with assigning numbers to players, wondered if Buchholz would want it.