David Price pitched four solid innings against the Minnesota Twins in his final tune-up for the regular season when he will pitch against the Yankees on Saturday at Tropicana Field.
The Tampa Rays lefty allowed only four hits and struck out six throwing 42 pitches with 28 going for strikes. He was slated to throw only four innings.
It was his seventh start of the spring and followed his seven inning stint last week against Pittsburgh when he threw a spring high 92 pitches (59 for strikes).
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Joe Maddon names Tampa Rays' starting rotation
The Tampa Rays revealed their starting rotation Wednesday naming James Shields, David Price and Jeremy Hellickson as the starters (in that order) for the first three regular season games beginning Friday, April 6th at home against the Yankees.Matt Moore and Jeff Niemann, the last two in the rotation, will make their season debuts at Detroit in the Rays second series.
In naming the starters, Rays manager Joe Maddon said he and his staff took into consideration the entire month of April and not just the opening day.
The difference from last year is that Moore, who was brought up last September, replaces last year's starter Wade Davis, who has been relegated to the bullpen. Davis has expressed disappointment about not being part of the rotation, but has vowed to pitch strong.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Rays David Price knocks himself out of game with improper toweling
Looking somewhat embarrassed, David Price admitted that he knocked himself out of Thursday's game against Detroit by over-toweling.
“I was sitting in the dugout wiping myself dry. I pulled the towel forward and it caught the back of my neck. I felt a little pop and there were some spasms,” Price said. “It’s the third time I’ve done that in my career. I don’t think it will impact my schedule and hopefully it will be all-right with a little rest and good night’s sleep.”
Price was scheduled to pitch three innings, but the towel incident that happened in the dugout between the second and third innings prevented him from going out to throw the third.
Rays manager Joe Maddon doesn't remember ever having a player knocked out of a game because of an unruly towel and couldn't resist having some fun with this incident, which might be labeled TowelGate Part III staring David Price.
"Lets have him stop toweling himself down or maybe we need some toweling practice," Maddon said. "David might need better technique when it comes to toweling. He has been doing it for 20 something years now, but apparently doesn't have it down yet.
"John Wooden used to have a thing where he would teach his players how to put their socks on to avoid players losing time because of blisters. Now, I am concerned we will have players lose time because of improper toweling. Maybe first day next year we will bring out the towel. We will never throw in the towel, but we might bring it out."
Other Maddon noteworthy comments: "I loved the way we ran to first base today. We ran hard and put a lot of pressure on their defense and that is one of concepts that we want to achieve on a daily basis."
Maddon said shortstop Sean Rodriguez suffered an index sprain on his finger in the Rays game at Fort Myers against the Twins. He said injured Luke Scott will remain out a little while longer, Sam Fuld would play Saturday and Evan Longoria would take batting practice. He has lefty Matt Moore scheduled to pitch on Tuesday.
The best thing about Price?
"There should be no setback for him because of this, but we've got to improve his toweling technique," Maddon said.
In his two innings of work, Price allowed three hits, walked one and struck out one throwing 38 pitches (24 strikes).
"It was the best I felt all spring, strength wise and body wise," Price said before he was done in my his towel.
“I was sitting in the dugout wiping myself dry. I pulled the towel forward and it caught the back of my neck. I felt a little pop and there were some spasms,” Price said. “It’s the third time I’ve done that in my career. I don’t think it will impact my schedule and hopefully it will be all-right with a little rest and good night’s sleep.”
Price was scheduled to pitch three innings, but the towel incident that happened in the dugout between the second and third innings prevented him from going out to throw the third.
Rays manager Joe Maddon doesn't remember ever having a player knocked out of a game because of an unruly towel and couldn't resist having some fun with this incident, which might be labeled TowelGate Part III staring David Price.
"Lets have him stop toweling himself down or maybe we need some toweling practice," Maddon said. "David might need better technique when it comes to toweling. He has been doing it for 20 something years now, but apparently doesn't have it down yet.
"John Wooden used to have a thing where he would teach his players how to put their socks on to avoid players losing time because of blisters. Now, I am concerned we will have players lose time because of improper toweling. Maybe first day next year we will bring out the towel. We will never throw in the towel, but we might bring it out."
Other Maddon noteworthy comments: "I loved the way we ran to first base today. We ran hard and put a lot of pressure on their defense and that is one of concepts that we want to achieve on a daily basis."
Maddon said shortstop Sean Rodriguez suffered an index sprain on his finger in the Rays game at Fort Myers against the Twins. He said injured Luke Scott will remain out a little while longer, Sam Fuld would play Saturday and Evan Longoria would take batting practice. He has lefty Matt Moore scheduled to pitch on Tuesday.
The best thing about Price?
"There should be no setback for him because of this, but we've got to improve his toweling technique," Maddon said.
In his two innings of work, Price allowed three hits, walked one and struck out one throwing 38 pitches (24 strikes).
"It was the best I felt all spring, strength wise and body wise," Price said before he was done in my his towel.
David Price suffers neck sprain in game against Detroit on Thursday
Tampa Rays David Price suffered a minor neck sprain after finishing his two innings of work Thursday against the Detroit Tigers in the Rays split squad game at Charlotte Sports Park.
The lefty allowed three hits and a walk and a strikeout in two innings. He threw 38 pitches with 24 going for strikes in the Rays split squad game. No other information was released by the team.
Former Ray Delmon Young slammed a monstrous three run homer over the left field fence off lefty Cesar Ramos in the third inning that brought the crowd to its feet.
In two innings, Ramos was tagged for four hits, allowed three runs (all earned), walked two and struck out one.
The lefty allowed three hits and a walk and a strikeout in two innings. He threw 38 pitches with 24 going for strikes in the Rays split squad game. No other information was released by the team.
Former Ray Delmon Young slammed a monstrous three run homer over the left field fence off lefty Cesar Ramos in the third inning that brought the crowd to its feet.
In two innings, Ramos was tagged for four hits, allowed three runs (all earned), walked two and struck out one.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Price has second straight good outing for Rays
David Price turned in his longest stint of the Grapefruit League season Saturday and his performance added to the optimism Tampa Rays manager Joe Maddon always seems to carry with him.The lefty went five innings and threw 73 pitches against the Phillies. He allowed only two hits, struck out six and walked two. The only disappointing moments of his time on the mound were two walks he issued to start off the second inning.
Price has looked sharp in his last two outings and so far this spring in 12 innings has struck out 10 while holding opponents to a .209 batting average.
In his previous outing, last Monday against Pittsburgh, Price threw 60 pitches in four innings. He shutout the Pirates over the first three innings before giving up a two-run homer in the fourth, finishing the day allowing four hits with two strikeouts and a walk.
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