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Yankees, Red Sox David Price Weigh Exam Results (Updated)

By Steve Contursi

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Updated: Saturday, March 4 5 AM

Red Sox Nation is resting a bit easier following the results of tests performed on Friday that remove the need for surgery. Price will rest for 7-10 days before resuming baseball activity. Red Sox manager, John Farrell, told ESPN:

"“Even talking with David on his way up there, he felt with each passing hour he was becoming more free,” Farrell said. “As we talked about him experiencing the type of forearm issue in spring training [in previous years], it may be a little more intensified this year. But still, this is the spring training arm (training) he goes through.”"

Price is far from out of the woods, though, as these situations often rear their ugly head again in the same way that “the sniffles” usually becomes a full-blown cold.

For the Yankees, this only means that they’ll just have to snare the Division title from Boston  themselves

BREAKING NEWS: The Yankees and the Red Sox await the results of an examination performed by Dr. David Andrews on David Price earlier today.

The Yankees, as much as the Boston Red Sox are awaiting news that’s expected from Indianapolis, where their All-Star starting pitcher, David Price, is waiting to see Dr. David Andrews for a second opinion that will decide if Price requires surgery that will cause him to miss at least the entire 2017 season.

Yesterday afternoon. the Red Sox and Price received what were termed “inconclusive” results from an MRI that was done by team doctors. Almost immediately, Price decided to get a second opinion from Andrews, who was in Indianapolis attending the NFL combine.

An hour or so ago, Price sent out the following Tweet saying nothing about what happened earlier:

David Price ✔ @DAVIDprice24
Indy is a little chilly right now so I’m gonna head back to fort myers! My 40 time was 4.11…ill let one of you name my island
2:35 PM – 3 Mar 2017
262 262 Retweets 933 933 likes

Red Sox manager, John Farrell, was heard earlier today telling MLB XM Radio that it is not unusual for Price to feel tenderness at this juncture of Spring Training. But he also added that this time, the tenderness was a little extra. (Paraphrasing what I heard driving home).

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While most Yankees fans don’t wish injuries to befall opposing players, the impending loss of a starting pitcher who regularly delivers 200+ innings during the regular season would surely be a blow to the Red Sox, who previously have been installed by nearly all prognosticators as winners of the AL East Division.

Mike Stanton, the former Yankees reliever, was acting as the host of the same MLB Radio show. He pointed out that often the fluid that builds up in the arm causes swelling that makes “seeing” the damage if there is any, difficult at this point.

Thus, it’s often necessary to allow time for the swelling to go down before any conclusive assessment can be made.

While Price has not been very successful against the Yankees (4.28 ERA and 1.362 WHIP thru 2015), he is known throughout the league as a “gamer”, although he continues to struggle in the Postseason. With the addition of Chris Sale, however, it was widely thought that Sale would relieve the bulk of the pressure on Price to perform in these situations.

Injuries remain the bane of all teams, especially when it comes to pitchers. The Yankees have had their share of theirs at the top tier of their pitching staff. C C Sabathia and Masahiro Tanaka, in particular, have lost a considerable amount of time in recent seasons.

It can happen to any team and sometimes when it rains, it pours, as it did last year with the New York Mets.

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Nevertheless, there’s nothing wrong with Yankees fans having a little kick in their step today as the news from Boston continues to develop.

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