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The $217 million dollar man is taking on the Rays tonight, as the Boston Red Sox will send David Price to the hill to face his former team. The Rays so far have split the series after taking the first game in an extra inning affair where the Rays shutout the Red Sox, 3-0, and then they took the loss last night as Chris Archer continued his slow start to the year.
Today's Starting Pitchers
| 2016 | W | L | IP | GS | ERA | FIP | K% | BB% | HR | AVG | BABIP | fWAR | GS |
| David Price | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4.50 | 1.62 | 36.5% | 5.4% | 1 | .232 | .366 | 0.7 | 3 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 0 | 1 | 18.2 | 3 | 2.41 | 2.10 |
7.0% |
4.1% | 1 | .239 | .320 | 0.8 | 3 |
David Price Scouting Report:
After spitting time the past two seasons with three different teams, David Price knows he'll stick with the Red Sox until at least the 2019 season as he signed a record breaking deal this past off-season. Thus far, he has sandwiched a poor outing between two solid ones as he delivered a 10 strikeout performance on Opening Day, surrendering two runs over six innings. Then, to follow that up, the Orioles offense got to him for five runs in just five innings. He bounced back this past Saturday against the Blue Jays, delivering seven excellent innings, allowing just two runs, striking out nine and walking none.
His arsenal:
| PITCH | VELOCITY | FREQUENCY | vs LHB | vs RHB |
| Fastball | Low 90s |
29.7% vs LHB *** 32.3% vs RHB |
Sporadic | Anywhere away from the zone |
| Sinker | Low 90's |
43.2% vs LHB *** 18.8% vs RHB |
Sporadic | Sporadic |
| Cutter | High 80's |
10.8% vs LHB *** 15.9% vs RHB |
Sporadic | Tends to stay away from the zone |
| Change | Mid 80's |
13.5% vs LHB *** 26.8% vs RHB |
Sporadic | Outisde, off the plate |
| Curve | Low 80's |
2.7% vs LHB *** 6.2% vs RHB |
Rarely throws | Below the zone |
*Based off his 2016 season thus far
His splits:
| 2015 | wOBA | AVG | OBP | SLG | HR | K% | BB% |
| vs LHB | .285 | .257 | .284 | .374 | 4 | 20.8% | 3.1% |
| vs RHB | .265 | .216 | .267 | .342 | 13 | 26.9% | 6.0% |
| HOME | .274 | .238 | .273 | .360 | 8 | 26.1% | 4.1% |
| AWAY | .267 | .216 | .270 | .340 | 9 | 24.6% | 6.5% |
| Today's Lineups | |
| TAMPA BAY RAYS | BOSTON RED SOX |
| Logan Forsythe - 2B | Mookie Betts - RF |
| Brandon Guyer - LF | Dustin Pedroia - 2B |
| Evan Longoria - 3B | Xander Bogaerts - SS |
| Steve Pearce - 1B | David Ortiz - DH |
| Desmond Jennings - DH | Hanley Ramirez - 1B |
| Steven Souza - RF | Travis Shaw - 3B |
| Tim Beckham - SS | Brock Holt - LF |
| Kevin Kiermaier - CF | Christian Vazquez - C |
| Curt Casali - C | Jackie Bradley - CF |
| Jake Odorizzi - RHP | David Price - LHP |