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Lind pays Price for bad start
May 16
Toronto Sun
 
"At the moment, Blue Jays manager John Farrell's focus is on getting Adam Lind's bat jump-started, but he indicated Tuesday that the overall team production is the most important part of the big picture. The two pursuits may be running counter to each other. Lind was out of the Blue Jays lineup Tuesday, as was catcher J.P. Arencibia, against tough lefty David Price. "It's not just the first 36 games of this season but the last couple of months of last year as well where the production has been less than his standard," said Farrell of Lind, who is hitting .184 with an OPS under .600. "He continues to work to gain some rhythm to get a consistent approach at the plate. We've tried to look at"
Price finally conquers Rangers as Rays take series
April 30
Tampa Tribune
 
"There was rain and lightning and thunder and the bases were loaded and Ian Kinsler was up, so, yeah, the end to Sunday night's game was a little dicey for the Tampa Bay Rays. One swing and everything the Rays did for nearly nine innings against the Texas Rangers, the team with the best record in the major leagues, could have been washed away. But reliever Fernando Rodney speared Kinsler's line drive for the final out, sealing the Rays' 5-2 victory and making David Price a first-time winner against the Rangers. "Personally, for myself, I never beat those guys. First and foremost that feels great," Price said. "I'm pumped that we won. I can turn that page now." The Rays won their fourth"
This was the Price the Rays need to contend
April 25
Tampa Tribune
 
"David Price hopped aboard Tuesday night. He made a complete ace of himself against the Angels in the Tampa Bay Rays' 5-0 win. This was the Price who won 19 games two seasons ago, the Price who finished second in the AL Cy Young voting, who threw down against New York and Boston, pitching big in the big games. This wasn't the Price who came up empty last season in 162, but was saved in the end, only to come up empty again in the postseason. Tuesday was the Price the Rays need to be the team to beat in the AL East. He threw the second shutout of his career Tuesday: nine innings, five singles, six strikeouts, one walk."
David Price gets result in the moment
April 8
St. Petersburg Times
 columnist Gary Shelton
"To get to the best part of David Price's fresh start, you must begin with his shakiest moment of the night. It was then, in one of those moments where the mound is so hot it smells as if bacon is frying, that Price made his strongest argument that this season will be better for him. At the time, however, it should be pointed out that Price was in trouble. The Yankees were having one of those noisy innings they are capable of, and there were runners on the corners, and the lead had been cut in half, and there had been a wild pitch, and there had been an error, and Derek Jeter was walking toward the plate. In pitching, the technical term for this is called: "Excuse me. I really, really need"
Rays notes: Price deftly avoids pain in neck
March 14
Tampa Tribune
 
"Tuesday's game with the Baltimore Orioles at Ed Smith Stadium did not include any towel mishaps for Tampa Bay Rays LHP David Price, because Price avoided contact with the tricky linen. "I didn't towel myself off between innings," Price said after his 3 2/3-inning stint. "It was hot. I kind of let (the sweat) dry on me." It was his neck that Price strained while toweling off his head in between innings of his last outing and caused him to be the punch-line of many jokes within the Rays clubhouse and the national media. But everything is fine now, though manager Joe Maddon wondered before the game if the Orioles would tamper with the towels stacked in the Rays dugout. "If we're playing with"
Rays pitcher David Price proud to be "a 5-year-old" in a grown-up's body
March 11
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Of course, David Price was the Rays player to get hurt last week toweling himself off too vigorously in the dugout. Of course he was. The 26-year-old left-handed pitcher is something of their twirling dervish, bouncing around the dugout and clubhouse in constant motion, a steady stream of noise coming from his mouth, always up to something and then, given his short attention span, something else. So if there were going to be a Rays player getting national attention for something so odd, it only figures it would be Price. And once the Rays knew he was okay, they could barely contain themselves, with a CAUTION!! TOWELS CAN BE DANGEROUS sign by the shower, with manager Joe Maddon joking about"
David Price pitcher hurt after toweling off too vigorously
March 9
St. Petersburg Times
 
"If nothing else, Rays pitcher David Price might have cleaned up in the race for oddest injury of the spring. Price was forced to leave Thursday's game with a neck spasm after toweling himself off too vigorously. Seriously. Call it over-toweling. Price claimed he was simply drying his head in the dugout after his second inning against the Tigers and, well, let's just let him tell it. "The towel just catches the back of my head, and it pulls my neck forward," he said. "I just felt it a little bit in back of my neck and just wanted to be cautious with it. "There's a little pop, and it just spasms up and gets a little tight." Amazingly, Price said this has happened to him twice before — last"
Tampa Bay Rays' David Price pitcher hurt after toweling off too vigorously
March 9
St. Petersburg Times
 
"If nothing else, Rays pitcher David Price might have cleaned up in the race for oddest injury of the spring. Price was forced to leave Thursday's game with a neck spasm after toweling himself off too vigorously. Seriously. Call it over-toweling. Price claimed he was simply drying his head in the dugout after his second inning against the Tigers and, well, let's just let him tell it. "The towel just catches the back of my head, and it pulls my neck forward," he said. "I just felt it a little bit in back of my neck and just wanted to be cautious with it. "There's a little pop, and it just spasms up and gets a little tight." Amazingly, Price said this has happened to him twice before — last"
Price's 2011 stats far better than W-L record for Rays
March 3
Tampa Tribune
 
"David Price said he was better last year than the year before. Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon called Price's 2011 season "pretty darn good." James Shields went a step or two farther. "I thought he had a phenomenal year," Shields said. Price was 12-13 in 2011 with a 3.49 ERA. Not horrible, but not quite the 19-6, 2.72 he turned in during 2010 when the left-hander started the All-Star Game and finished second in the American League Cy Young voting. Price dominated in September of 2010, going 4-0 with a 1.64 ERA in six starts. Last year he was 0-2 with a 4.01 ERA in six September starts, including a four-inning, five-earned run outing on the final night of the season that left the Rays in"
Price, Upton agree to one-year deals with Rays
January 17
Tampa Tribune
 
"What is David Price going to do with his new riches? He's not sure, but the Rays left-hand pitcher who agreed today to a one-year deal worth $4.35 million, offered this idea: "I might ask (Derek) Jeter if I can buy a wing in his house for a little while," Price said this afternoon during a conference call. Price, a Super 2 player who opted out of the final year of the six-year contract he signed after being drafted in 2007, received the most money for a first-time arbitration-eligible player since former Marlin Dontrelle Willis signed for the same amount in 2006. When asked how it feels to tie Willis, Price joked, "It's awesome. You're always trying to set records, so it's pretty cool that"
Decisions loom for Rays on Price, Upton deals
January 17
Tampa Tribune
 
"Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher David Price is inching closer to the biggest payday of his professional career. The same goes for center fielder B.J. Upton. The two are the priciest of the four remaining arbitration-eligible Rays, a list that includes starter Jeff Niemann and recently acquired right-handed reliever Burke Badenhop. Major league teams have until noon today to exchange contract figures with the representatives of their arbitration-eligible players. If agreements are not reached, the sides head to arbitration hearings, which begin Feb. 1."
Price will be high for acquiring offensive help
December 4
Tampa Tribune
 
"The one thing Andrew Friedman was certain on heading into the offseason was this: He expected to receive a lot of calls from general managers searching for starting pitching. And Friedman said he has. A lot. Most teams are looking to bolster their rotations. The Rays are among the few teams with the enviable position of having a set rotation at the major league level plus a pair of rookies waiting in the wings. Friedman's goal this winter is to find offense, and one way toward that end would be to deal from a position of strength. But Friedman, the Rays vice president of baseball operations, doesn't sound too eager to part with a starting pitcher. "We're certainly not flippant about the"
For Price's pal, feeling down is not an option
November 24
Tampa Tribune
 
"David Price squatted behind an imaginary home plate while an imaginary Alex Rodriguez prepared to bat. "Let's start him off with something soft. Change-up," Price called to Leigh Dittman. Leigh sat 15 feet away on the seat of her adolescent walker. She wrapped her 11-year-old fingers around a baseball, holding it the way Price taught her to grip a change-up. Leigh went into her windup and tried to sneak a first-pitch strike past the Yankees slugger. The imaginary Rodriguez watched the ball sail into Price's glove. "Good job," Price shouted. "Strike one.""
Rays pick up Shields' option; Price opts for arbitration
November 1
Tampa Tribune
 
"As expected, the Tampa Bay Rays picked up the 2012 club options Monday on pitchers James Shields and Kyle Farnsworth and declined the option on catcher Kelly Shoppach. "James and Kyle played very large roles in our postseason run and are ready to help lead us back there in 2012," executive vice president of baseball Andrew Friedman said. "Kelly was a significant asset defensively this year and played extremely well down the stretch, but in looking to bolster the catching position this winter, we felt it necessary to assess all of the options available to us." Also, as expected, pitcher David Price officially opted out of his 2012 contract and will take his first dip into arbitration this"
Rays pitcher Price opts for arbitration this offseason
October 31
Tampa Tribune
 
"Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price opted out of the final year of his contract Monday in favor of arbitration this offseason that figures to pay him a lot more. Price qualified as a "Super Two" player and is eligible to receive a fourth year of salary arbitration (as opposed to the usual three) before reaching free agency. This year, players with less than three years of service time, but at least two years and 146 days, quality as Super Twos. Price has two years and 164 days of service. According to the Major League Baseball Players Association, the Super Two qualification is determined by calculating the top 17 percent of players with two years of major league service, plus at least 86"
Tampa Bay Rays believe David Price is up for challenge against Texas Rangers in ALDS Game 3
October 3
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Every disappointment has an explanation. Every shortcoming has a reasonable rationalization. So have no fear that the David Price who walks to the mound to start Game 3 of the American League Division Series late this afternoon is a more talented version of the same pitcher who nearly won the Cy Young Award a year ago. This is true even if the wins are down and the losses are up. It is true even if the ERA has taken a slight tick upward and the reputation has taken a small step backward. For those who are paid to watch, counsel, measure, tutor and manage him, there is no doubt Price is still one of a handful of the best pitchers in the world. He is entirely capable of proving that today."
Task for Rays' Price: solve the Rangers
October 3
Tampa Tribune
 
"Did you learn anything from watching Matt Moore? That question was asked of David Price on Saturday, before the Texas Rangers evened this American League Division Series at 1-1, making Game 3 this afternoon (5:07 p.m., TBS) an important swing game in the best-of-five series. Price, winless in six September starts and winless in six career games against the Rangers including two in last year's ALDS, will be on the mound when the Tampa Bay Rays try to regain the series lead."
Rays hurler David Price hopes to avoid another ALDS meltdown in Game 3
October 3
Dallas Morning News
 
"David Price nodded, smiled. "I did know that, yeah," he said. In just two-plus big-league seasons, the Tampa Bay Rays pitcher has already beaten every American League team. Everyone, that is, except the Rangers. Athletes know. They know who they've had success against and who they haven't. That's the easy part. The hard part is figuring out why. As far as the Rangers are concerned, they hope Price never figures it out. Against the Rangers in last season's ALDS, Price lost both Game 1 and the deciding Game 5. For a pitcher who'd only lost six regular-season games to go with his 19 wins, which was good enough to finish runner-up in the 2010 Cy Young Award voting, it was a stunning end to a"
Rays manager Joe Maddon confident David Price will bounce back
October 2
St. Petersburg Times
 
"LHP David Price hasn't won in his past six starts and had disappointing outings at several key junctures. But that didn't deter the Rays from choosing him over RHP Jeremy Hellickson to start Game 3 on Monday. And to admit that the decision was based in part on having Price set up to pitch the opener of the AL Championship Series if the Rays advance. "David is a big part of our present and future, and I have a lot of faith in him," manager Joe Maddon said. "He's not hurt; he's well. He's one of the better pitchers in baseball, second in the Cy Young (voting) last year. If there was an injury involved or something like that, yes, there would be a concern about it."
Tampa Bay Rays' David Price no longer sore, will start Friday as scheduled
September 21
St. Petersburg Times
 
"A slight disruption in routine is apparently LHP David Price's only lingering issue from being struck in the chest by a line drive Sunday. Price said he was no longer sore, and he lifted his shirt to show that what had been a nasty bruise featuring the laces of the baseball was down to a few red dots. Most important for the Rays, he said he was set to make his next start as scheduled on Friday. "It was just more scary than anything else, I'm sure," Price said. "I'm all good now." Price normally would have thrown his between-starts bullpen session Tuesday. But since he didn't do any postgame arm exercises Sunday (he was the hospital getting a CAT scan, EKG and a series of X-rays) and didn't"
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price "fine" after taking line drive off chest
September 20
St. Petersburg Times
 
"LHP David Price got a big scare, a bruise on his chest and an afternoon visit to Massachusetts General Hospital after being struck by a third-inning line drive. He, and the Rays, were thankful it wasn't worse. And that, according to manager Joe Maddon, he is expected to make his next start, either Friday or Saturday against Toronto. "I'm fine," Price said in comments relayed by the team. "I'm just glad it didn't hit me in the head. … The bullpen guys did a great job. I was watching on my phone while I was laying in bed at the hospital." Price was put through a series of undisclosed tests, which all were negative, Maddon said. He didn't return to Fenway Park, meeting the team at the train"
Rays notes: Thump not expected to sideline Price
September 19
Tampa Tribune
 
"That Tampa Bay Rays starter David Price was still standing after being struck by a line drive off the bat of Boston's Mike Aviles in the third inning Sunday was a good sign. "The ball was smoked off the bat," 3B Evan Longoria said. "The sound of it, I could tell it didn't hit bone. You could tell it hit flesh and hard. It was a pretty good thump." "It got all of him," manager Joe Maddon said. Price remained in the game and pitched one more inning, but he was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where tests were negative. Other than the soreness that comes with the lump and a bruise, Price is fine, and Maddon said he doesn't expect Price to miss a start."
Sitting Crawford vs. Price costly?
September 19
Boston Globe
 
"In the biggest game of the season, the Red Sox' top free agent signing, Carl Crawford ($142 million worth) was left out of the lineup because he was 0 for 9 against David Price. Not sure what the message is there. We are not suggesting the Sox lost to the Rays yesterday, 8-5, because Crawford didn't play. It's no secret the left fielder isn't having a good season. He would be the first to admit it. But aren't you supposed to win or lose with your best players?"
Rays pitcher David Price "fine" after taking line drive off chest
September 19
St. Petersburg Times
 
"LHP David Price got a big scare, a bruise on his chest and an afternoon visit to Massachusetts General Hospital after being struck by a third-inning line drive. He, and the Rays, were thankful it wasn't worse. And that, according to manager Joe Maddon, he is expected to make his next start, either Friday or Saturday against Toronto. "I'm fine," Price said in comments relayed by the team. "I'm just glad it didn't hit me in the head. … The bullpen guys did a great job. I was watching on my phone while I was laying in bed at the hospital." Price was put through a series of undisclosed tests, which all were negative, Maddon said. He didn't return to Fenway Park, meeting the team at the train"
David Price strikes out 11 in encore, but Tampa Bay Rays fall to Baltimore Orioles 3-2
September 3
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Friday had the makings of another special and record-setting day for Rays left-hander David Price, who racked up 10 strikeouts through six shutout innings against the Orioles. But it unraveled in a hurry in Price's 31-pitch seventh, as Baltimore scored three runs to steal a 3-2 victory in front of 11,955 at Tropicana Field, dropping the Rays (74-63) to nine games behind the wild-card-leading Red Sox. "You've got to be solid for the entire time you're out there, and I wasn't," Price said. "So it cost me." Price, who had allowed just three baserunners through six innings, gave up three hits and issued two walks in the crucial inning, with J.J. Hardy knocking in two with a two-out single on a"
Offense again can't help Rays' pitchers in 3-2 loss
September 3
Tampa Tribune
 
"David Price was in control through six innings. Then a pair of walks and a misplaced cutter proved costly to the Rays and their former All-Star pitcher. Zach Britton had his third consecutive solid start, J.J. Hardy drove in two runs and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Rays 3-2 on Friday night. "Two games in a row where the stuff has been outrageous," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said of Price. "Absolutely pitched well enough to win, just did not have enough runs." The Rays have scored two runs or less for Price 13 times this season, resulting in an 0-10 mark in those situations. He is 12-2 when Tampa Bay has picked up three runs or more. "He's pretty special," Orioles manager Buck"
Price strikes out 14 as Tampa Bay Rays beat Toronto Blue Jays 12-0
August 29
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Of all the numbers flying around after Sunday's 12-0 win over the Jays, manager Joe Maddon correctly identified the 6 — representing the suddenly shrinking gap between the Rays and a playoff spot — as "the most prevalent." But certainly the most stunning, memorable and lasting was the 14, marking the strikeouts rung up by David Price, a record for a Rays pitcher, as they finished the afternoon with a team-best 18 overall. "That's pretty cool," Price said. The victory was the Rays' third straight in Toronto, improving their American League-best run to 20-9 and their record to a season-high 14 games over .500 at 73-59. And combined with the Yankees' doubleheader split in Baltimore, the Rays"
Price's 14 K's, Jennings' HRs lead Rays by Jays
August 29
Tampa Tribune
 
"The first time David Price noticed the wind swirling inside the Rogers Centre on Sunday afternoon was when he and John Jaso walked in from the bullpen before the game and were blown a little off their path. "It was that strong," Price said. The second time Price noticed the wind was when he threw his first two-seam fastball and the wind, blowing out from home plate with enough gusto to cause his eyes to water, pushed the ball to the left as it crossed home plate. "I've never had that much movement before so that was pretty cool," Price said. Using that oddity caused by the stadium's roof being opened on a windy day by Lake Ontario to his advantage, Price proceeded to strike out a"
David Price strikes out 14 as Tampa Bay Rays beat Toronto Blue Jays 12-0
August 29
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Of all the numbers flying around after Sunday's 12-0 win over the Jays, manager Joe Maddon correctly identified the 6 — representing the suddenly shrinking gap between the Rays and a playoff spot — as "the most prevalent." But certainly the most stunning, memorable and lasting was the 14, marking the strikeouts rung up by David Price, a record for a Rays pitcher, as they finished the afternoon with a team-best 18 overall. "That's pretty cool," Price said. The victory was the Rays' third straight in Toronto, improving their American League-best run to 20-9 and their record to a season-high 14 games over .500 at 73-59. And combined with the Yankees' doubleheader split in Baltimore, the Rays"
Tigers edge Rays 2-1 despite stellar start by Price
August 24
Tampa Tribune
 
"The Tampa Bay Rays had their chances Tuesday night. That's the maddening part. They left a dozen runners on base in a 2-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers in front of 11,475 at Tropicana Field. "This is the kind of game when you're going to the playoffs you win, and when you're not, you don't," manager Joe Maddon said. Don't interpret that as a sign of concession from Maddon, because he still believes his team will play in October. But the loss dropped the Rays to 8 ½ games back of both the Red Sox and Yankees, who are now tied for the division and Wild Card lead, with 35 games to play. "These are the kind of games that prevent you from moving on," Maddon said. The Rays wasted a solid"
Price's win caps off historic series for Rays
August 18
Tampa Tribune
 
"They used words like unbelievable, amazing, outstanding, fabulous and outrageous to describe what the Tampa Bay Rays pitching did to the Red Sox this week during a 27-hour span at Fenway Park. Here's another word: Historic. The Rays became the first team ever to hold the Red Sox to three hits or fewer in three straight games after David Price and Kyle Farnsworth combined on a three-hit 4-0 victory Wednesday. Red Sox history, by the way, stretches back to 1901. Price and Farnsworth tossed the third three-hitter of the series, following the examples of James Shields and Jeff Niemann, who did the same during Tuesday's day-night doubleheader. "Three three-hitters in a row by the starting"
Vintage Price too much for Yankees
August 13
Tampa Tribune
 
"Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon called Friday's 5-1 win against the Yankees included the best pitching performance by David Price "in a while." The left-hander allowed a run on six hits in eight innings to even his record at 10-10 with his first victory since July 15. "He's wanted to get back to this point," Maddon said. "He wasn't happy about it." The win, the Rays' 11th in their last 15 games, enabled them to move to within 7 1/2 games of the American League wild card-leading Yankees. It came on the first night of a six-game trip through New York and Boston, which leads the division. "This is big for us," Price said. "This is a big six-game stretch for us. It was a big win for us, a"
Rays notes: Price eager to start key trip on high note
August 12
Tampa Tribune
 
"It's going to take more than a frustrating six-week slump to turn David Price into a malcontent. Tampa Bay's ace left-hander has won only once in his past eight starts as he leads the Rays into New York tonight against 16-game winner C.C. Sabathia. Opposing teams are batting .303 against Price with runners in scoring position, but he is determined to maintain a positive attitude between starts. "I still have a good time,'' Price said Thursday. "I'm not going to sit here and dwell on my failure. We're trying to get back in this race.'' Manager Joe Maddon appreciates Price's constant encouragement and eagerness to keep teammates loose. "He's been great in the dugout, supporting everybody,''"
Rays manager Joe Maddon doesn't believe umpires have it in for David Price
August 7
St. Petersburg Times
 
"LHP David Price admits he has to pitch better. With just one win in his past six starts and a losing record (9-10) overall, he takes the mound today needing to give up fewer hits with runners in scoring position (a .304 average). And to cut down on the number of home runs allowed (eight in his past six starts). Also, some better run support would help. All that said, there is a question if something else is in play during his extended struggles: Are the umpires against him? Twice this season, Price has been ejected from games for protesting calls from the bench. Since then there has been a dramatic downturn in his success. In Price's first 14 starts, he was 7-5 with a 3.51 ERA. He was"
Price is eager to get August started right
August 2
Tampa Tribune
 
"This six-man rotation that's designed to lesson the workload for RHP Jeremy Hellickson is also preventing LHP David Price and RHP James Shields from working on their normal four days of rest. Neither were sharp in their last outing. Price, done in by walks, couldn't prevent the A's from putting together enough hits in a 6-1 loss, and Shields was shelled by the A's the following night in a 13-4 setback in which he allowed 10 runs, including nine in one inning. Yet neither is pointing to the extra days of rest for their recent struggles, at least not publicly. "I'm not blaming anything on that," said Price, who faces the Blue Jays tonight when the Rays begin a 10-game homestand. Price, 9-9"
Rays' David Price pitching better than ERA would indicate
July 31
St. Petersburg Times
 
"True or false: David Price has pitched well this season. I'd bet most Rays fans would say "False." On the surface, Price hasn't lived up to preseason expectations. After posting a 2.72 ERA and winning 19 games last season, making a bid for the AL Cy Young Award, Price has had mixed results in 2011. His ERA is a full point higher (3.76), and he has won only nine games. He has allowed four earned runs or more in nine games (after doing that twice last year). And over the past month - the sink-or-swim moment of the season for the Rays - he has a disappointing 5.04 ERA. So what's wrong with Price? As it turns out, not much. When you dig beyond ERA and wins, it becomes evident that Price has"
Price pitches with friend's plight on his mind
July 16
St. Petersburg Times
 
"As Rays left-hander David Price was battling the Red Sox on Friday night, he couldn't help but think about his best friend, who was fighting for his life at the same time. Terry Wanthalangsy, who went to Blackman (Tenn.) High with Price and has lived with him in Tampa, underwent brain surgery Friday afternoon to remove a tumor from the left side of his brain. Price might have picked up the win in the 9-6 victory over Boston with a strong six-inning performance, but the best news he got came afterward, when he saw a text message from his friend's mom that said doctors successfully "got it all." Price's mind wandered to Wanthalangsy throughout the game Friday night. "It's kind of tough not"
David Price to miss All-Star Game with turf toe problem
July 11
St. Petersburg Times
 
"LHP David Price won't pitch in Tuesday's All-Star Game due to a previously undisclosed turf toe problem, but he will be able to get back on the mound when the Rays resume play this weekend against Boston. That sounds like medical miracle stuff, but it actually just shows that the decision is more a matter of a precaution than a new injury. And a convenient one for the Rays, as they would rather have Price fully rested for the postbreak schedule, which starts with the Red Sox and Yankees. Price, who said he has had ongoing issues in both his left and right big toes, had mixed emotions about the decision, which apparently was under consideration secretly for days and was announced"
Price off of All-Star roster due to turf toe
July 10
Tampa Tribune
 
"Rays pitcher David Price has been taken off the American League All-Star Game roster because of turf toe on the big toe of his left foot. He was replaced by Yankee reliever David Robertson. Price will still attend the game Tuesday night in Phoenix. The injury was revealed during the first inning of today's game against the Yankees. No word yet on if it will require a trip to the disabled list. Manager Joe Maddon never mentioned Price's injury when meeting with the writers about an hour before today's game. In fact, Maddon said he would rather have Price pitch Friday against the Red Sox when the Rays open the second half of the season at Tropicana Field. It didn't sound at the time like he"
David Price happy for Derek Jeter but frustrated home run hurt his cause
July 10
New York Daily News
 
"The scoreboard flashed a clip from three years ago, when Derek Jeter homered off a young rookie pitcher named David Price, tying Lou Gehrig for most hits at the old Yankee Stadium. David Price glimpsed at the video in the third inning Saturday. He looked in his hand and saw a ball labeled "J1," in anticipation of an even bigger hit. And instantly, the Tampa Bay Rays' ace could feel what was coming. A moment later, Jeter was smoking Price's hanging 3-2 curveball into the left-field bleachers for his second hit of the day, the 3,000th of his career. And as the celebration started, Price was walking toward his dugout, some odd mix of frustration and awe welling in his stomach. "I wasn't happy"
Price eager to get on roll
July 4
Tampa Tribune
 
"Rays left-hander David Price, who carries an 8-6 record and 3.43 ERA into today's Fourth of July road game against the Minnesota Twins, will have two starts before his appearance in the All-Star game. He wants to get on a roll. "I feel like I've been throwing the ball pretty well,'' Price said. Even though it hasn't necessarily been reflected in the statistics. Last season, Price went into the All-Star break leading the American League in victories (12) and ERA (2.42)."
Matt Joyce, David Price, James Shields named to AL All-Star team
July 4
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Driving to Tropicana Field on Sunday morning, James Shields was fairly confident he would be named to the American League team for next week's All-Star Game. David Price had heard enough chatter in the past few days to have a pretty good sense he would be joining him. But Matt Joyce? "Wasn't even on my mind," the Tampa native said. Instead, Joyce was deep in thought working out the details to spend the All-Star break with fiancee Randi Jones at a buddy's beachfront condo, maybe snagging an invite for an afternoon on teammate John Jaso's boat. But Joyce has other plans now, elected to make his first All-Star appearance since his days in the North Brandon Little League. "I'm so pumped,""
Rays' Price, Shields, Joyce named to All-Star team
July 4
Tampa Tribune
 
"Rays outfielder Matt Joyce said he wasn't even thinking about the All-Star game selections when he arrived at Tropicana Field on Sunday morning. That changed quickly when Rays manager Joe Maddon entered the training room. "It was fun telling him," Maddon said. "I'm not even sure he heard me at first." Joyce, a graduate of Armwood High, will be part of a three-player Rays contingent for the July 12 All-Star game at Chase Field in Phoenix. Ron Washington of the Texas Rangers, the American League manager, selected Rays starting pitchers James Shields and David Price. Joyce was voted in by the players. Joyce and Shields made their first All-Star team. Price was the starting pitcher in last"
Rays' Price, Shields, Joyce named to All-Star team
July 3
Tampa Tribune
 
"Three members of the Tampa Bay Rays have been named to the American League All Star team today: pitchers James Shields and David Price and outfielder Matt Joyce. Today's announcement came somewhat as a surprise, as speculation had been that Shields might be the only Rays player selected for the July 12 All-Star Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz. "It's pretty impressive,'' Rays Manager Joe Maddon said. "All three make sense. All three are deserving.'' Additionally, infielder/outfielder Ben Zobrist is among five players who are contending for the American League team's final spot in a vote by the fans. For Joyce and Shields, it is the first All-Star Game selection. Price was last year's"
Price, Johnson lift Rays past Brewers
June 23
Tampa Tribune
 
"Not being up to speed on this whole hitting thing, David Price assumed he was supposed to leave the on-deck circle and join Elliot Johnson and third-base coach Tom Foley during their brief meeting down the third-base line. "I just wanted to hear what (Foley) was going to tell him," Price said. "Hitters don't do that?" Not really, no. But Price did have something to add to conversation. "I told him to hit a home run," Price said. And? "He did," Price said. Johnson's long three-run blast in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon gave Price and the Tampa Bay Rays the cushion they needed for a 6-3 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. "People say it all the time," Johnson said."
David Price motivated by subpar outing against Red Sox
June 22
St. Petersburg Times
 
"LHP David Price was not happy with what the Red Sox did to him in his last start, and he hopes to make the Brewers pay for it today. "That's the plan," Price said. Price lasted only five innings on Thursday, walking five while allowing three runs, making for consecutive starts without a win and one grumpy left-hander. "He's been that way, I could just see it," manager Joe Maddon said. "He's been fun, but he hasn't been as fun. He did not like his last outing." Price said that after a few days he realized his outing against the Sox could have been worse, and he would take away the positive of keeping the score close. "I held them to three runs, but I only went five innings," he said. "I"
Rays' plunking of Kevin Youkilis was necessary
June 17
St. Petersburg Times
 columnist John Romano
"The result mattered. No reason to pretend otherwise. The Red Sox won the game, won the series and expanded their lead on the Rays in the American League East. If you are a bottom-line person, that's as clear-cut as it gets. But if you believe there is more to a 162-game season than an avalanche of box scores, then you might have applauded a pitching performance that was less than ideal. For of the 106 pitches David Price threw in a laborious five-inning outing, there was one that was far more meaningful than the rest. Before any runs had crossed the plate and any words could be spoken, Price hit Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis in the shoulder with a fastball in the first inning."
Youkilis: Rays' Price hit him on purpose
June 17
Tampa Tribune
 
"Boston Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis believes Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price hit him on purpose with a pitch in the first inning of Thursday's game. But he doesn't believe Price hit him for the reason that many others do. Though some, possibly including home plate umpire Gary Darling, believe Price threw at Youkilis as retaliation for Youkilis stepping on Rays first baseman Casey Kotchman's foot on Tuesday, Youkilis believes otherwise. "I don't understand the Kotchman thing,'' said Youkilis, who left a bruise on the back of Kotchman's ankle after he clipped him while crossing first base near the end of the Rays win on Tuesday. "That was an accident (from me) running and lunging"
Rays lose to Red Sox after Price's rocky start
June 17
Tampa Tribune
 
"This was the game David Price wanted, the Red Sox at Tropicana Field. It was the game the Tampa Bay Rays wanted Price to pitch, too, fiddling with rotation during the past few weeks to ensure the left-hander would get a shot against the Boston during this three-game series. Five batters into the game, Price was trying to work out of a bases-loaded jam and had already been warned by home plate umpire Gary Daring after drilling Kevin Youkilis with a fastball. It wasn't the worst performance of his career, but with the way the Rays have been hitting at home, Price's slow start that stretched into the second inning doomed the Rays in a 4-2 loss in front of 23,495 at Tropicana Field. "He's not"