I get that David Price has four years and roughly $127 million left on his contract, but did the Red Sox really think he’d have much of a chance against the mighty Yankees offense? After all, since 2016, Price is 2-7 with a 7.71 ERA versus the Yanks. This season alone, the 33-year-old left-hander is 0-3 with a 10.34 ERA against New York.
Perhaps because the Sox stole Game 1 of the ALDS (yes, stole — the Yanks’ inability to drive in RISP cost them the contest), manager Alex Cora figured, there’d be less pressure on Price to perform at Fenway.