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Meet David Price

There's not much I can tell you that you don't all ready know, but I'm going to try anyways. First his numbers:

Vero 9.61 K/9, 1.82 BB/9, 0.00 HR/9, 1.67 FIP, 22.6 LD%, 48.4 GB%, .308 BABIP
Mont 8.68 K/9, 2.53 BB/9, 1.11 HR/9, 3.92 FIP, 12.6 LD%, 57.0 GB%, .246 BABIP
Durh 8.50 K/9, 4.50 BB/9, 0.00 HR/9, 2.81 FIP, 22.4 LD%, 51.7 GB%, .393 BABIP

The encouraging thing is the strikeouts ratio carrying over although Durham's numbers are regular season only, so it's less than 20 innings of sample size. Price is/was a groundball pitcher (YES!) who seems to have good enough control and stuff to post K/BB rates of 3+ as soon as next year (YES!) while limiting homeruns (YES!). Here is minor league splits MLE for Price this season (cumulative stats):

MLE 6.39 K/9, 2.59 BB/9, 0.89 HR/9, 4.15 FIP, 17.5 LD%, 53.3 GB%, .288 BABIP

That compares quite nicely to the season being produced by Pirates ace Paul Maholm, who ranks 60th of 126 pitchers in tRA. The difference? Maholm gives up more than a homerun per nine and he's starting, Price will figure to do some relief work until need dictates otherwise.


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Top Josh Paul Pornos- Big Navi Stroking, 2pitchers1cup, BJ to the Balls, Riggans Your Thingans

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Sep 12, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Well said dude

I get home and read all this. Man I am pysched

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

by Sandy Kazmir on Sep 13, 2008 2:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Days off...

I appreciated yesterday’s rest…. I think we ALL needed it after this Fenway trip. I was very disappointed that tonight’s game was pp’d… I was really looking forward to keeping it up and lowering the magic number…

Needless to say I was VERY excited about tomorrow’s games(s) before I heard this news…. Now it’s even better. Longo, Price, Gomes…. etc. Very good reason to feel good about the finish to our season…. btw, any word on BJ?

All things LONGORIA!

by RalphieTheRay on Sep 12, 2008 11:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

this just great news for the rays

i have been waiting for david price to bet here for the last couple of months and i hope this kid dominants and gets a post season roster spot over jason hammel or trevor miller

Evan Longoria=ROY. Andrew Friedman=Executive of the year. Joe Maddon=Manager of the year. David Price= the next best pitcher TB Rays fan 2002-the day i die!

by RaysOfHope on Sep 13, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about over Percival?

I think he’s now their worst pitcher. At first he shouldn’t have been the closer, but he was still a good option for the 7th or 8th inning. Now he shouldn’t pitch at all.

by rays1234 on Sep 13, 2008 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

what # does he want?

can we just start a petition? because we all know the back of his jersey should read “Jesus”

by daveh33 on Sep 13, 2008 12:04 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He is Holy.

Top Josh Paul Pornos- Big Navi Stroking, 2pitchers1cup, BJ to the Balls, Riggans Your Thingans

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Sep 13, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's awesome.

And he’s already got number 14.

Dear god NO DAN JOHNSON - thebaddancingraysfan hours before DanJo hit a game tying HR off Papelbon.

by Vin on Sep 13, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you told me that was true.

It would not surprise me.

Top Josh Paul Pornos- Big Navi Stroking, 2pitchers1cup, BJ to the Balls, Riggans Your Thingans

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Sep 13, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nuclear Warheads are really just Price throwing a fastball.

Top Josh Paul Pornos- Big Navi Stroking, 2pitchers1cup, BJ to the Balls, Riggans Your Thingans

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Sep 13, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That MLE is completely reasonable and completely above-average

He’s a league-wide 3rd starter right now, and fits in just behind our top four starters.

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Sep 13, 2008 6:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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