The Cardinals’ bid to land one of the prizes of this year’s free-agent class and cash in on mutual interest fell shy as lefty David Price agreed to a whopper of a contract with the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.
The Red Sox trumped all other suitors with a record seven-year, $217 million deal, as first reported by The Boston Globe. The total guarantee surpasses, by $2 million, the previous record for a starting pitcher -- the extension signed by Clayton Kershaw with the Dodgers. In recent weeks, the Cardinals had some optimism about their discussions with Price’s representative.