Read that as a concession to waive the no-trade, he wanted the Guardians to tear up the 2017 club option in his contract (which would now allow him to become a free agent adfter this year). The Guardians said no for obvious reasons.
If they still want him, they are going to have to part with major $ upfront.
The top 50 list is littered with Hall of Famers and other really good players. Yaz is on there. Bobby Doerr. Dave Winfield, Brooks Robinson, Ernie Lombardi, Harmon Killebrew. Pujols is on the list as is AGon, Vlad Guerrero, Pudge Rodriguez.
All I'm pointing out is the decision to play Hill (and Hanley) wasn't just pulled out of the air.
And you STILL haven't answered the question, which one are you sitting so that Shaw can play?
You know what they call the guy who holds the major league record for most DPs hit into in a season?
Hall of Famer.
It's #14, Jim Rice. (He actually holds the top 2 spots on the list, 3 of the top 10 and 4 of the top 20)
Hill is 11-22 (now 12-24) career against Lincecum. Think that might be the reason he's at 3rd tonight?
Hanley came in 9-27 againt Lincecum (now 9-30).
Which one are you going to sit?
You know, sometimes managers make decisions with stats that the average fan doesn't have.
They've wasted a bunch of good starts by him over the past 2 months. As I posted earlier, this is the 8th time in 11 starts since June 1 that they've scored 2 or fewer runs for him. In those 8 games, he's allowed 3, 2, 3, 1, 4, 3, 3, and 0.
He was 18 of 20 for Arizona this year and 30 out of 32 (or something like that) last year. He can close. But he does require the defense to do it's job.
Unless the Sox do something in the 9th, this will be the 8th time in 11 starts since the start of June that the Red Sox will have scored 2 or less runs in a game Price has pitched in.