After David Price pitched a dud in Game 2 against the Yankees—getting only five outs and giving up a pair of home runs—it might have come as a bit of a surprise to many Red Sox fans when Boston manager Alex Cora announced that Price would be pitching Game 2 in the ALCS. For our ALCS roundtable, the SI MLB staff contemplated when—or if—they would have started Price against the Astros.
Tom Verducci: David Price is Boston’s fourth-best starter right now. Put him in the bullpen for Games 1 and 2, and have him penciled in to start Game 4.