12:34PM: Price has been officially placed on the 15-day IL and Pepiot was officially recalled.
7:51AM: The Dodgers will place left-hander David Price on the 15-day injured list today, manager Dave Roberts told reporters (including Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times) following last night’s game. Right-hander Ryan Pepiot will be called up from Triple-A to take Price’s spot on the active roster, and Pepiot is scheduled to work as the bulk pitcher today behind opener Caleb Ferguson.
Price is dealing with inflammation in his left wrist, and received an MRI to fully explore an injury that Roberts said has been nagging Price for the entire season. The injury isn’t considered overly serious, and Price is expected back before the regular season is over. Since Price hasn’t pitched since August 29, his IL placement will be backdated a few days and he could be back by mid-September if he is able to return from the IL when first eligible.
Price has hinted that this could be his final season, and while the lefty is no longer an ace or even a starting pitcher, Price is still effective at age 37. Over 38 1/3 innings out of the Los Angeles bullpen, Price has a 2.58 ERA, 23.3% strikeout rate, and 5.0% walk rate. He has been particularly effective in the second half of the season, with a 1.13 ERA over 16 frames since the All-Star break.
While Price doesn’t usually pitch in high-leverage situations, ending his career as a relief pitcher would provide a nice bookend to his first MLB season, when the Rays used Price as a key late-game weapon in 2008 and Price helped Tampa Bay reach the World Series. The Dodgers are deep in pitching options, but presumably Price (if healthy) has done enough to merit inclusion on the team’s postseason roster, and to potentially cap off his career with another championship.
Once the Price move is official, the Dodgers will have 10 pitchers on the injured list, with some already known to be out for the season and others battling more minor injuries. Since L.A. enjoys an 18-game lead in the NL West, the team has some flexibility in giving players time off to address nagging injuries and get fully healed for the postseason.
In other Dodgers injury news, Brusdar Graterol is hoping to play catch today or tomorrow as he recovers from right elbow inflammation. Graterol told Bill Plunkett of the Southern California News Group and other reporters that his injury is indeed just inflammation, as revealed by a recent MRI. Graterol was retroactively placed on the 15-day injured list on August 31, just over a week after he returned from missing nearly six weeks on another IL stint due to shoulder inflammation.
Plunkett also reported that Tony Gonsolin was doing some throwing in the outfield yesterday, which is a good sign given the concerning nature of the forearm strain that sent Gonsolin to the 15-day IL earlier this week. The Dodgers were hopeful at the time that Gonsolin’s strain was relatively minor, and that his IL trip was mostly preventative. Roberts said a few days ago that Gonsolin received good results on an MRI, and Gonsolin already throwing is a step towards the All-Star right-hander possibly being able to return in relatively short order.
Moving onto position players, Roberts told Plunkett and company that Gavin Lux will miss a few games after receiving a cortisone shot. Lux has missed time over the last two weeks dealing with neck and upper-back soreness, and the hope is that the cortisone shot will help enough that Lux can avoid the injured list.
Lux has been the Dodgers’ primary second baseman this season, also getting a good chunk of time in left field and some fill-in work at shortstop. The former top prospect has somewhat quietly had a breakout at the plate, hitting .293/.368/.428 with six homers and a league-best seven triples over 418 plate appearances, translating to a 127 wRC+ that is well above the league average. Max Muncy’s resurgence over the last few weeks gives the Dodgers some cover at second base with Lux at less than 100 percent, but Los Angeles could definitely use Lux healthy for the postseason.
How is trevor bauer doing?
Who?
Price is still into the gaming I see.
Got railroaded
Yeah, by himself.
He probably just meant “caught.”
He shot himself in the foot, then reloaded. The amount of sympathy we’re hearing for this guy is kind of depressing,
Anyway this article is suppose to be about David Price. Almost nobody wants to discuss him, for some reason.
When Price gets back I have a feeling he will have some opener work and possibly spot starts to look forward to.
He’s done quite well in the late innings this year. My guess is the Dodgers would like to have him available for that role in the postseason.
I’ve heard Bauer is likely never going to pitch again for an MLB team
You do realize they have to be retired for 5 years before they are Hall eligible right?
I didn’t remember that but yeah makes sense
Price makes Hall of Fame on first or second ballot. Who agrees?
You mean Greinke right?
Greinke too
Personally, I don’t think he makes it at all. He a fringe guy imho. He has a great peak, he’s been around a while, but looking at his b-ref page 40ish career WAR is pretty low for modern HOFers. Kinda reminds me of slightly worse Tim Hudson, never stuck out as THE guy but has been good for long enough to have a chance.
I still don’t understand why Tim Hudson isn’t in the Hall. Sabathia too
CC isn’t eligible yet and goes on the ballot in ’25.
Because he’s a Yankee, there will be those jealous voters who won’t vote him in but he’ll still get enough votes imo
There will always be subjectivity but it’s not as bad as it used to be when voters sometimes casted votes for average players whose names would never be in a HoF conversation. CC won’t be unanimous or even get in his first year but he’ll end up in Cooperstown eventually.
Price won’t make it. Hudson should be in and I think one of the newer committees gets him in eventually. Sabathia probably makes it the first time he’s eligible since he has the magic 3000 strikeouts. Schilling got blackballed by the BBWAA but will be in by a committee as well.
I feel like if Big Papi hadn’t played for Boston then he wouldn’t have gotten in eas easily. Hall of Fame is a joke
Price has a career 3.32 ERA and over 2k strikeouts. Not to mention played in the AL East for many seasons, especially against the Yankees. He deserves to get in
Schilling put the nail in the coffin for his HoF chances in the latest rant that he doesn’t care nor want to be in. Whether you agree with his politics and viewpoints or not, you don’t crap on an celebrated institution.
Didn’t Schilling take roids when he was with the Dbacks?
…and a Cy Young Award and two second place finishes.
I still think the schilling get in my a committee. McGriff and Lofton as well. Probably Whitaker also.
And Yankee fans will be their usual delusional selves like the ones who insist Jorge Posada and Bernie Williams should have gotten in.
And Dave Parker while they’re at it.
Posada and Williams aren’t even close to the HOF
I’ve never heard another human being say that Bernie or Posada should be in the Hall.
Johny Damon and Juan Pierre before them. Maybe Visquel too.
Yeah I agree. Never heard that either
CC will get in. I have absolutely no guess as to how many years it takes him because I don’t think he’s a first or second ballot guy but he’ll get in.
As for Price, maybe he gets in on year 9 or 10 but I think he falls just shy and I’m not sure he deserves it either. If he were to keep going maybe he could cement himself though.
I’d be surprised if he wasn’t a first ballot HOFer. 62.3 career WAR, Cy young, ROY runner up, 3.74 career ERA, and over 3,000 strikeouts. Most of which while he was playing in the AL east
@Yanks2. I also think CC will get in first ballot. Mainly because of his 2009 playoffs and of course he had a pretty good Yankee career.
Considering who’s getting in these days Bernie is fringe hof , Jorge no
Yes to Parker in hof
I’d say pretty good career with the Yankees is an understatement
I don’t know 007, if Bernie is “fringe” then what is Damon??
Just a tad below fringe lol I’m biased as Bernie one of my all time faves. ( not a Yankee fan btw) admit if Bernie is in hof bar is low
It will always be 100% subjective, because the voting criteria are 100% subjective. They don’t even mention stats, and they definitely don’t depend on WAR. They depend on this: “Voting shall be based upon the player’s record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played.”
That’s all folks.
Damon’s #’s look all around better. Hits…doubles…BA..steals…
Dude, lol your so far off base. Price had 3 really, really good seasons then the rest of his seasons were extremely mediocre. He will not get voted in the HOF
I counted 6 seasons Price had a sub 2 ERA
I mean sub 3
I’ve looked at his ERA and win percentage each season and I have yet to find a “mediocre” season produced by Price
In regards to the discussion about people saying that David Price should get in the HOF. There’s a pitcher who has had a very underrated career who not in the hall. Ron Guidry he’s had a way better career than Price
Fittingly enough since we are talking about Price, look at how long it took Eck to get in the hall..
Who knows? I think we’d all be very surprised if we knew who actually took them during that era. Even some very big names, guys who are already in the HoF, but just didn’t get caught. Hell, they just let Big Papi in, and he’s a multiple time offender. He got caught, but since he’s such an ambassador for the game, and a larger than life presence, they overlooked that and opened the doors for him. even laid down a red carpet. Yet other known cheaters can’t get in. Look, that era happened, and it’s part of baseball. Make it a separate wing of the Hall as many have suggested. Put a damn asterisk on their plaque. Put the guy’s name on a plaque with no picture to signify that he cheated. Whatever you have to do. But you can’t simply ignore guys like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. Yes, they cheated. Yes, they lied about it, and both continue to this day to insist they were clean. But any Hall worth its salt has to include those guys.
If Ortiz was on the Yankees and A Rod was on the Red Sox, the latter would get into the Hall and the former would be scolded
YankeesBleacherCreature7 hours ago
it’s not as bad as it used to be when voters sometimes casted votes for average players
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The HOF needs to take away some of the writers’ privileges. Some of the guys that the writers thought were HOF players.
AJ Pierzinski
LaTroy Hawkins
JJ Putz
Brad Penny
Raul Ibanez
Livan Hernandez
Tim Wakefield
David Eckstein
Aaron Boone
Jacque Jones
Aaron Sele
There are literally 100 guys out there that a lot of people never heard of, that have gotten votes.
the latter would get into the Hall and the former would be scolded
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That’s because everyone assumes that all Yankee players are on PEDs.. That and the fact that everyone hates ARod and everyone loves Papi.
Speaking of steroids, does anyone else think Uncle Albert is getting some help right now? His pursuit of 700 is a great story for the MLB and the closer he gets, the more interest and more $ the league makes.
Think about it, he hasn’t had a an OPS of greater than .800 since 2012 and this year he is over .850. Over the last 2 months (july and august) his OPS is over 1.100. I watched him with the Dodgers last year and he started to fade near the end of the season, and this year he is surging near the end.
He is now only 5 away of 700.
I sincerely hope I’m wrong, I love Albert, but based on the history of this league, if it smells fishy, it probably is. I would not put it past Manfred that the league knows about it and is looking the other way so that he can get the milestone this year and help improve ratings.
It’s all about entertainment and ratings. Wouldn’t be surprised
Albert still mashed lefties last year with LA. He’s happy and the Cards are putting him in position to mash lefties. That’s it. Get out of here with insinuating that Albert is cheating. His entire career he has never been accused of such things. Garbage comment.
I have definitely never heard talk about Albert and such stuff. It’s not exactly like he is running around like a 2012 Mike Trout. Pretty sure he’s in pain “a lot” of the time to one degree or another but he can literally taste 700 dingers. It would seem incredibly irrational, dumb, and unfathomable for Albert to take a risk like that. In any case, he is NOT juicing. How do I know? I just do..
He will get in quickly. And I’m a Jays fan saying this.
WAR isn’t the only factor. He’s had numerous high Win seasons and sub 3.00 ERA seasons
WAR isn’t a factor at all, and neither are any other stats.
@Yanks2- Price’d black ink, grey ink, HOF standards, HOF monitor, and JAWS scores all fall slightly below HOF-caliber levels. That doesn’t mean he won’t get in, I just think it’ll happen late if it does, around years 8-10.
Funny how you can’t even start a HoF conversation with the actual HoF criteria.
I don’t think he’s in at all. Very good career, and maybe if he started for the next 5 years, he would make it.
As it stands his closest comps are Johan Santana, Ron Guidry, Roy Oswalt, Jered Weaver, and Cliff Lee. All great pitchers in their time who lacked the longevity HOF voters want.
Weaver isn’t getting in but Santana and Lee should
Stieb better than all of them hands down
Santana over Stieb for me, just based on peak. Johan should have three Cys in my opinion (04,05,06). And he won the triple crown. And yes, I’ve watched the entire Captain Ahab series on YouTube.
In this “everyone gets a trophy” society, he may get in. Maybe not 1st or even 2nd, but he has a shot. It’s a shame that we’ve caved to where it’s become the “Hall of Pretty Good”.
How about price will NEVER make the hall of fame
The Hall of Fame hasn’t put in Curt Schilling or Mike Mussina. They sure as hell won’t put in David Price. Lol it’s laughable to to even suggest he make it to the hall
Too many young pups these days who haven’t got to see some of the greats. Or know nothing about them for that matter..
Mussina made it to the Hall of Fame in 2020
It’s laughable the David Ortiz made it to the HOF but A Rod can’t even get a plaque in Monument Park. Both took steroids and lied about it
Seems about 400-500 “sports writers” cast the votes for the HOF on an annual basis. That is about 400-500 too many. Let the ex players and coaches cast the vote. And maybe even current players that have 10+ years in the game.
The Veterans Committee setup has it almost right..
Look at his ERA, career wins, and strikeout %. He’s a HOfer
Veterans committee should put in Stieb , McGriff, Al Oliver
Crime Dog is a no-brainer to me. Gotta be honest, just looked at Olivers stats (it’s been a while). Wow! How is he not in already?
David Price is not HOF worthy. He had glimpses of greatness, but otherwise an above average career.
I think it will be good for the Dodgers to get Price straight so he’s ready for the postseason. He could be valuable as a multi-inning set-up type.
If you’re LA, you want to be able to say Price is right.
Are the Dodgers really going to rely on DPrice in the playoffs? I’m not so sure, but you could be right.
They way I think they’ll “play it” is: the starter to get it through 5-6 innings, then play “matchup” for the final 3 innings with any order of Graterol, Treinen, and Phillips
**If Graterol is healthy
The postseason schedule is compressed this year, so it will demand more pitching depth. Price has a lot of postseason experience and has shown he can be effective in a relief role, so I believe if he’s healthy he’s going to make the playoff rosters ahead of some of the more questionable arms (Kimbrel, Bickford).
I think everyone can agree that Bickford will not be on the playoff roster. Kimbrel is interesting. If he has a solid September, I could see him making the roster. I am curious if VGonzalez, Kahnle, and Duffy make it to the majors for a “test run” before the playoffs.
At least we can all agree to hope, but with so many relievers coming and going off the IL predictions are hard to make.
Tough playoff blow when the player scheduled to get the ball for game one is out. If this is it for him, I hope he looks back at his life and realizes he should have never left the American League or ate Chinese food on 4/12/2020
Slider, I know it probably went right over my head..But please, what on earth is up with Price and bad “chinese food?” Haha I got lost at “chinese food.” I was thinking about picking some up myself tonight in fact. Too hot to cook.
We don’t talk about the Price Chinese food incident around here. A few years ago, several posters went missing after discussing it.
David Price is still valuable this year. He can pitch multiple innings which has helped the ailing Dodgers more than he gets credit for. He’s no longer the all star but he’s still a factor.
Yes hopefully his injury stint is brief. I definitely see price taking on multiple roles in the extremely near future. He reminds me of “Eddie Harris” from Major League. The “crafty” o’l veteran who gets the nod over Wild Thing come playoff time because he has the “experience.” Hahaha