Red Sox sign ace pitcher Price to record deal: report
(Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox have agreed to a record seven-year, $217 million contract with left-handed pitcher David Price, one of the top starting pitchers available in the free agent market, The Boston Globe reported on Tuesday. Price went 18-5 with a 2.45 earned run average in 32 starts for the Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays last season. The 30-year-old Price, who won the Cy Young Award winner as the top pitcher in the American League in 2012 with the Tampa Bay Rays, is 104-56 with a 3.09 ERA over eight seasons and has been named to five All-Star teams. The deal would be the largest ever for a pitcher, narrowly topping Clayton Kershaw's $215 million extension with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014. Price was considered the top pitching target this offseason along with Zack Greinke, who spent last season with the Dodgers. (Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; Editing by Frank Pingue)
