Few end of year awards (outside of The Dundies) come with backhanded compliments, but today, David Price won 2018 AL Comeback Player of the year. 2018 was a strong year for the $30 mil/year pitcher, as he started 30 games, went 16-7 with a 3.58 ERA, had 176 IP, tossed one more K than innings pitched, and was a 4.4 WAR player for the world champions.
2018 was not only a statistically good season for Price, though. It was emotionally restorative, as well, as he shook the postseason monkey from his back on the world’s greatest stage, pitching the Boston Curt Schilling’s Bloody Socks to wins over Houston and Los Angeles (on short rest, no less).