Yesterday was a shitty loss for the Red Sox that can be pinned pretty much on anyone in the bullpen not named Craig Kimbrel. But the point of this post is to talk about the return of one David Price. In his first major league start of the season Price’s line looked like this: 5 IP, 2 Hits, 3 Runs, 2 Walks, and 4 K’s
5 innings, 3 runs, 4 strikeouts, and 2 walks for Price in hist first start of the year. #RedSox #WhiteSox pic.twitter.com/Y1aKNgHA8U
— The 300s (@The300sBoston) May 29, 2017
After getting smacked around in Pawtucket and getting chirped by fans *in Pawtucket* I think we all weren’t expecting such a solid start. Now did Price look dominant? No. But for a guy who hasn’t pitched in a major league game in about 8 months, not too shabby.
Remember, Price missed all of spring training so this is basically still his version of that. And of course I have no idea what to expect out of his health, I still am pretty pessimistic about a guy in his 30s who opted to skip surgery and let it heal naturally because that rarely works in the long run.
But, for a guy with a shaky elbow, Price was juicing his fastball consistently at 94 mph and even hit 97 on the gun. Not bad at all. So while the Sox shit the bed in the last few frames…
It’s hard to win a game when you don’t get a hit in the final 4 innings of the game. It just is. #RedSox #WhiteSox pic.twitter.com/2ETzsJN8eC
— The 300s (@The300sBoston) May 29, 2017
And Price did serve up an absolute batting practice ball to x for a 3 run dinger. But with it being his first start of the year, all in all I’ll take it. Hey, at least he seems like he cares, which is more than some other guys.
Gotta give @DAVIDprice24 credit for laying out here though. Can’t say the guy doesn’t care or doesn’t want to win. #RedSox pic.twitter.com/H7dZlBmdNg
— The 300s (@The300sBoston) May 29, 2017
Now onto the bad shit.
Dustin Pedroia got tabletopped by Jose Abreu who was sliding into first to try and beat Pedey to the bag. With the 6’3″ 255 pounder basically diving into Pedroia’s path, he banged into Abreu and flipped over landing awkwardly on his wrist.
Dustin Pedroia left game against White Sox with sprained left wrist after colliding with Jose Abreupic.twitter.com/EWQ4a4i5V9
— Вoston Вlabber (@bostonblabber) May 29, 2017
Initially it looked like Abreu took the brunt of the hit, but Pedroia was slow to get up and left the game. Dustin’s headed back to Boston to get an MRI on his wrist, which concerns the shit out of me. As a 5’8″ second baseman, Pedroia is diving all over the place every single day, but now he lands on his wrist and can’t finish the game. I. am. concerned. These little bumps and bruises like the Machado knee injury are starting to stack up for him, so hopefully its nothing, but flying back to Boston mid-series to get an MRI is obviously a red flag.
But hey guys, don’t worry, with all the injuries piling up it might force the Red Sox hand and leave them no choice but to call up the $95 million disaster, the kung fu fucking panda.
Sandoval, who by the way is healthy now, is currently playing down in Pawtucket and went 1/4 with another error last night. So thats good. Him and Rusney Castillo are probably laughing their balls off at the money they’re making to play baseball in fucking Rhode Island.
Even Price was down in Pawtucket for like a week and a half before saying get me the fuck out of here.
At least Chris Sale takes the mound tonight.
