FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It was the kind of outing that would compel the Boston Red Sox to place David Price's left arm in bubblewrap until Opening Day.
Under the lights and facing a bare-bones New York Yankees lineup that nevertheless still included Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira, Price was nearly flawless, filling up the strike zone and allowing little more than a solo home run to Aaron Hicks over four innings.
"Same old David Price," Rodriguez said of the new, $217-million bauble in the age-old Red Sox-Yankees rivalry.