The Red Sox’s playoff hopes are about as close to gone as they can get, but Boston isn’t going to just punt on the final couple of weeks of the season.
That means David Price, if all goes well, will return to pitching in 2019.
The back half of the campaign has been a mess for the veteran southpaw, who has been dealing with problems in his pitching wrist for well north of a month now. And after brief murmurs about potentially shutting him down, it’s clear that no longer is the case.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora indicated Tuesday that Price might be able to return next week if all went well this week. On Thursday, the skipper said, according to The Boston Globe’s Peter Abraham, that Price was feeling good, would continue to get treatment and that a plan would be mapped out for him Saturday.
Price is 7-5 with a 4.28 ERA in 22 starts this season.
