From 2010-2016, Jon Lester and David Price threw almost the exact number of pitches in the regular season and playoffs combined: 24,739 for Lester, 24,730 for Price.
Only Justin Verlander (25,656), Max Scherzer (25,106) and James Shields (24,918) threw more. Given the concerns over Price’s forearm, it is instructive to see how the two pitchers’ health history compares since Lester’s recovery from cancer:
DL STINTS
LESTER
• 1 — strained left latissimus in 2011; out July 6-25.
PRICE
• 1 — left triceps strain in 2013; out May 16-July 2.