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Buckley: David Price is the wrong person to teach J.D. Martinez about Boston

FORT MYERS — David Price went on a public relations mission last week, telling a gang of media types he doesn’t regret signing with the Red Sox, that he wishes he had done some things differently last year, that he has no plans to opt out of his deal after this season.

Great advice. It just makes sense that a happy, healthy, problem-free David Price would be better equipped to win games and rack up impressive strikeout totals.

All of which makes it a mystery as to why Price is delivering a bumpy, running-off-the-road Welcome Wagon to slugger J.